title: The burden of physical inactivity & cardiovascular heart disease.
abstract: Heart disease exacts a tremendous toll each year in mortality and health care expenditures. Although physical activity reduces the risk of heart disease, the population remains inactive. The importance of physical activity in risk and health care cost reduction is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D012307:Risk Factors