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Indians among world's laziest, but Americans more sedentary: WHO report

India ranked 117th, Philippines 141st and Brazil 164th

obesity, health, disease
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One in four people don’t get enough exercise, according to a report from the World Health Organization. In the survey of 168 nations, Uganda came in first as the most energetic, with Kuwait in last place.
 
The US ranked 143rd, the UK 123rd, Singapore dropped in at 126th, while Australia came in at 97th.
 
In Kuwait, American Samoa, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, more than half of the population doesn’t get enough exercise, according to the WHO. In Uganda, by contrast, just 5.5 per cent are not sufficiently active.
 
Elsewhere around the world, India ranked 117th, Philippines 141st and Brazil 164th.

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