{"id":15110,"date":"2026-03-19T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:25:26","slug":"study-reduced-physical-activity-due-to-global-warming-will-lead-to-increased-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/study-reduced-physical-activity-due-to-global-warming-will-lead-to-increased-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Reduced physical activity due to global warming will lead to increased mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span class=\"\">According to a new study published in the journal <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"50\">The Lancet Global Health<\/b><span class=\"\">,<\/span><span class=\"\"> climate change is directly linked to a decrease in physical activity.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Scientists predict that by 2050,<\/span><span class=\"\"> unbearable heat will cause people to move less,<\/span><span class=\"\"> leading to an additional <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"252\">500,000 premature deaths<\/b><span class=\"\"> annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span class=\"\">The study also highlights the catastrophic economic consequences of global warming.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Researchers project that by 2050,<\/span><span class=\"\"> productivity losses caused by physical inactivity will reach between <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"187\">$2.4 billion and $3.68 billion<\/b><span class=\"\"> per year.<\/span><span class=\"\"> This financial loss is driven by both reduced working hours due to extreme heat and an increase in disability among the population.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">Research Findings<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span class=\"\">Scientists analyzed 22 years of data from 156 countries.<\/span><span class=\"\"> It was determined that every month in which the average temperature exceeds <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"133\">27.8\u00b0C<\/b><span class=\"\"> increases global physical inactivity by an average of <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"194\">1.5%<\/b><span class=\"\">.<\/span><span class=\"\"> In low- and middle-income countries,<\/span><span class=\"\"> this figure is even higher (<\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"265\">1.85%<\/b><span class=\"\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span class=\"\">Physical inactivity directly increases the risk of diseases such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><span class=\"\">Cardiovascular diseases;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><span class=\"\">Type 2 diabetes;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\"><span class=\"\">Certain forms of cancer;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,3,0\"><span class=\"\">Mental health disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span class=\"\">This issue is not just about climate change; it is also a matter of <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"68\">social inequality<\/b><span class=\"\">.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The hardest-hit regions include Central America,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the Caribbean,<\/span><span class=\"\"> and Southeast Asia,<\/span><span class=\"\"> where populations often lack access to air-conditioned spaces and safe indoor infrastructure.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Furthermore,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the increase in physical inactivity is expected to be more pronounced among women,<\/span><span class=\"\"> due to both physiological characteristics and social factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span class=\"\">Scientists believe that physical activity should be treated as a <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"65\">public health measure<\/b> rather than just an individual choice.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(25)00472-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lancet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new study published in the journal The Lancet Global Health, climate change is directly linked to a decrease in physical activity. Scientists predict that by 2050, unbearable heat will cause people to move less, leading to an additional 500,000 premature deaths annually. The study also highlights the catastrophic economic consequences of global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594,1665,1587,1657],"tags":[4824,2311,2608],"class_list":["post-15110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-public-health","category-research","category-science","tag-global-warming","tag-physical-activity","tag-study"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15115,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions\/15115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}