The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity: an Australian example
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The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity: an Australian example
BACKGROUND Physical inactivity has major impacts on health and productivity. Our aim was to estimate the health and economic benefits of reducing the prevalence of physical inactivity in the 2008 Australian adult population. The economic benefits were estimated as 'opportunity cost savings', which represent resources utilized in the treatment of preventable disease that are potentially availabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-99