They harped on the need to promote awareness among the populace, citing that the Nigerian children and youth are highly sedentary.They made this known during the 2018 Nigerian Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth and unveiling of the ‘Exercise is Medicine’ Initiative, by the Nigerian Heart Foundation .
Akinroye said the report card is an advocacy, research and policy tool, which can be used to address how important physical activities, is in managing the health conditions of the country.Similarly, the Director General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research , Prof. Babatunde Salako, said there is need to restrategise because in the next 20 years NCDs will take over from infectious diseases.
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