It has been scientifically proven that a sedentary lifestyle can actually encourage the onset of certain diseases, such as colon cancer, but also cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression. Conversely, sufficient physical activity (150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per week) leads to a significant reduction not only in the risk of colon cancer, but also breast cancer. It should be remembered that, on a global scale, a sedentary lifestyle is the fourth leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and is estimated to be responsible for between 3.2 and 5 million deaths per year.

For further information, we recommend that you consult :

- The Santé Publique France website, and its thematic dossier on sedentariness & physical activity

- The website of ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, and in particular its sedentary lifestyle and physical activity section.

- The WHO report, which unveiled its guidelines on physical activity and sedentariness in 2020