Rhonda Patrick· PhD
We must start treating physical inactivity as a disease. It carries the same mortality risk as smoking, heart disease, and diabetes.
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We must start treating physical inactivity as a disease. It carries the same mortality risk as smoking, heart disease, and diabetes.
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we actually need to start thinking about physical inactivity as a disease we now know that it carries the same mortality risk as smoking cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes