DID YOU KNOW THAT

The 80 bn euro cost of physical inactivity in Europe is equivalent to what the entire world spends on cancer drugs each year!


  • A quarter of European adults are insufficiently active

    Proportion of men and women (18+) who are insufficiently active, six focus countries in Europe, 2010 Source: WHO 2010, Cebr analysis. Data are age-standardised.
  • The direct cost of treating inactivity-related disorders is over €9 billion per year

    Top ten leading risk factors for global mortality (millions of deaths), 2004 Source: WHO 2010, Cebr analysis.
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  • Physical inactivity is the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality

    Top ten leading risk factors for global mortality (millions of deaths), 2004 Source: WHO 2010, Cebr analysis.

Let's get Europe Moving

Within a few decades, physical inactivity has become one of the leading risks to European citizens' well-being and a growing challenge for European economies. But despite increasing evidence of dramatic health and economic costs associated with physical inactivity, we still lack sufficient initiatives to reverse this negative trend.

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