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, etc.), but also many indoor activities (dance, tonic or gentle gymnastics, etc.) or swimming. A number of studies have shown that video games whose principle is to get the user to moveare 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