What activities or games can you play to combat a sedentary lifestyle?
Most sporting activities and "physical" games provoke energy expenditure by activating our muscles, thus helping to combat a sedentary lifestyle. These include outdoor sports and games (soccer, jogging, climbing..), but also numerous indoor activities (dance, tonic or gentle gymnastics...) or swimming pool activities. A number of studies have shown that video games whose principle is to get the user to moveSeveral studies have shown that video games based on the principle of getting the user to move are sufficiently effective techniques that fall into the category of mild-to-moderate intensity activities. As a general rule, it's best to find a physical or sporting activity that you enjoy enough to keep you motivated and motivated enough not to tire of it.
For further information, we recommend that you consult :
- The Santé Publique France website, and its thematic dossier on sedentariness & physical activity
- The WHO report, which unveiled its guidelines on physical activity and sedentariness in 2020