Greetings from the Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland
During the last World Health Assembly, I proposed the theme for this year's World Health Day to be physical activity. WHO estimates that lack of physical activity leads to more than 2 million deaths per year and combined with improper diet and tobacco use, causes most premature coronary heart diseases and also increases the risk of several cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure, blood lipid disorders, osteoporosis, depression and anxiety.   (5/Feb/2002)
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