Make physical activity a

part of daily life during

all stages of life

6 OUT OF 10 Every year in the WHO

European Region,
WHO recommendations for
moderate- to vigorous-intensity
physical inactivity physical activity:
causes an estimated
people in the European Union 1 MILLION 150 60
minutes
minutes
over the age of 15 never or
DEATHS
per week per day
seldom exercise or play sports (adults) (children)

Physical activity
at work increases
productivity

Try balancing AT WORK

or stretching
while watching
TV or brushing
AT HOME your teeth

Get off public

transport a few
Gardening is a stations before
good way to your destination
Cleaning be physically
counts as part active
of daily physical
Use the stairs,
activity
not the
elevators

Physical
activity can
improve
children’s
concentration
AT SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY
Community
2+3= gardens increase
social integration
and physical
Enjoy outdoor activity
Safe biking and
activities all
walking routes
year round
to school
benefit both
children and
parents

After school
activities, such as Access to green
organized sports and spaces, pavements
playground games, and cycle-friendly
give children roads make
opportunites to be physical activity a
active part of daily life

REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFE-COURSE

ENABLES PEOPLE TO LIVE BETTER AND LONGER LIVES

www.euro.who.int/physicalactivity
09/2015