More Than One In Seven Adults Across All US States, Territories Are Physically Inactive, CDC Data Reveal

reports CDC data reveal that more than one in seven “adults across all U.S. states and territories are physically inactive.” Investigators arrived at this conclusion after compiling “2015-2018 data collected as part of the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which is a telephone-based survey of people’s health activities, chronic conditions, and use of preventive health services.” The study revealed that “Colorado ranked lowest, with 17.3% of people physically inactive, compared to Puerto Rico, which had the highest total at 47.7%.” https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/16/physical-inactivity-us-adults-cdc-data/