23 % of adults and 44 % of children of Kazakhstan go in for sports

15:29, 10 September 2009

ALMATY. September 10. KAZINFORM /Aigul Turysbekova/ Only 23 percent of adult population and 44 percent of children in Kazakhstan make a regular thing of physical training; General Director of the National Center for formation of healthy lifestyle Saule Dikanbayeva has said it today at the press-conference dedicated to the upcoming Health Festival in Almaty.

According to her it is not necessary to attend expensive sport clubs and sections to lead an active lifestyle. "The main thing is to have motivation to devote life for preserving your health", - S. Dikanbayeva underlined. She noted that the main purpose of the Festival is to engage more people of different ages to the active lifestyle.

According to the data of the WHO the population of the European region lost about 150 mln years of healthy life. "That means that several years are spent for treatment of diseases. Noninfectious diseases rank first among all types of diseases, in particular the cardiovascular disease. Their main cause is the improper feeding and physical inactivity. The third cause of high rates of noninfectious diseases is smoking", - she noted.

According to the official statistics in Kazakhstan in 2008 1 thousand of diseases caused by improper feeding are accounted for 100 thousand of population whereas 344 cases are of ischemic heart disease and 60 cases of heart attack.

"The disease is easier to be prevented than to be treated. The State pointed out the development of preventive medicine one of the priorities for healthcare system. Today the active propaganda of the healthy life style is necessary", - S. Dikanbayeva said.

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