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Are New Zealanders becoming more lazy?: July 10, 2019

Are New Zealanders becoming more lazy?: July 10, 2019

Are New Zealanders becoming more lazy?: July 10, 2019 Are New Zealanders becoming more lazy?: July 10, 2019, 16.7 MB
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

 A Cambridge University team of researchers examined the relationship between trends in physical activity levels over time and mortality risk among adults in middle age and older. Many Kiwis will be shocked to learn that New Zealand is the 13th worst in the world for physical  inactivity and the worst in the developed world.  Tuwhenuaroa spoke to ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie about these findings, which he has appalling.