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Poles do not exercise
According to a poll made by OBOP more than 65% of adult Poles do not exercise regularly.
This situation is not healthy at all – says a doctor asked about the results.
Obesity, arteriosclerosis, heart attacks – those are the most common medical conditions related to lack of exercise. Exercise helps us to stay healthy and to maintain good mental state. Modern human life style is way ahead of evolution of our kind. We use cars, sit behind a desk in our work and watch TV after returning home and our organisms are designed by nature to move around much more. That is why we need to exercise – says the doctor.
The Health Ministry spokesperson asked about results responded that this trend was very disconcerning. He also said that we had no culture of practicing any kind of sports that had been developed in Western Counties. And this cost the Ministry may million of zlotys every year.
However private enterprises realize that workers who exercise regularly are rarely on a sick leave, so they started to organize special sport packages or distribute special cards that allow free access to many sport facilities in mayor cities in Poland. This shows that results of a next poll may be much more encouraging
