Journal
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 803-806Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-061
Keywords
physical activity; health care costs; Canada
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- Canada Research Chair position
- Public Health Agency of Canada
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The purpose of this study was to provide a contemporary estimate of the health care cost of physical inactivity in Canadian adults. The health care cost was estimated using a prevalence-based approach. The estimated direct, indirect, and total health care costs of physical inactivity in Canada in 2009 were $2.4 billion, $4.3 billion, and $6.8 billion, respectively. These values represented 3.8%, 3.6%, and 3.7% of the overall health care costs.
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