Physical Activity in Individuals with Disabilities

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In the United States 20% of the population have a disability, which are 56 million US adults. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title  There are many types of disabilities, such as those that affect a person’s movement, vision, hearing, thinking, remembering, learning, communication, mental health or social relationships. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title  Individuals with disability are 57% more likely to be obese than adults without disabilities Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. As obesity is an important risk factor adults with disability are three times more likely to have a chronic disease such as a heart disease, diabetes, stroke or cancer than adults without disabilities. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title The impact of these chronic diseases can be reduced by aerobic physical activity but adults with disabilities only do physical activity on a regular basis about half as often as adults without disabilities (12% compared to 22%) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title

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