Bente Klarlund Pedersen

Bente Klarlund Pedersen is a chief surgeon at Rigshospitalet, and has released several books about the importance of being and staying healthy. She is also the director of CIM, Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism.

Get up and get moving

In Denmark, physical inactivity is considered the number two actual cause of death. Physically inactive people have a life span, which is 5 years shorter than that of a physically active individual and before their premature death, they probably face 10 years of severe disease.

Exercise protects against more than 35 different disorders and diseases and there is now evidence that exercise should be prescribed as one of the treatments for several diseases.

Physical exercise is also a weapon against depression, anxiety, tiredness and stress. As a result of the technical revolution modern people don’t need to move.

We need a political statement and laws about “health consequences”. Just as politicians always should consider gender and ethnic issues, they should also consider health aspects, including how infrastructure and architecture may influence the population’s physical activity level.

To win the war against physical inactivity, we must close the gap between science and practice.

Bente Klarlund Pedersen is a chief surgeon at Rigshospitalet, and has released several books about the importance of being and staying healthy.

We need to start a movement for moving

Links:

inflammation-metabolism.dk