Who are the laziest?

[VCheng]

Answer: Malta!

Excerpt from: Daily chart: A map of sloth | The Economist

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Malta wins the race for the most slothful nation, with 72% of adults getting too little exercise. Swaziland and Saudi Arabia slouch close behind, with 69%. In Bangladesh, by contrast, just 5% of adults fail to get enough exercise. Surprisingly, America does not live up to its sluggish reputation.

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Edit: The full paper is here for those interested in the details:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60646-1/fulltext#article_upsell

 

[ashokdeiva]

I am not sure of the accuracy of this graph as Malasia is put in the worst category

 

[VCheng]

I am not sure of the accuracy of this graph as Malasia is put in the worst category

The source of the data is The Lancet.

 

[ahfatzia]

To people in countries that do a lot of manual works, exercises are a luxury they can't afforded and needed.

 

[Pakistanisage]

This appears to be a BS survey. How is India and BD less than 20% and Pakistan in 40% category. There is not any difference in lifestyles in these two countries.

 

[VCheng]

This appears to be a BS survey. How is India and BD less than 20% and Pakistan in 40% category. There is not any difference in lifestyles in these two countries.

The data come not from a survey, but a proper paper in The Lancet.

 

[kawaraj]

Japanese are one of the laziest in the world, holy sh!t.

this is so fake.

 

[VCheng]

The full paper is here for those who wish to read about this in detail:

Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects : The Lancet

Summary

To implement effective non-communicable disease prevention programmes, policy makers need data for physical activity levels and trends. In this report, we describe physical activity levels worldwide with data for adults (15 years or older) from 122 countries and for adolescents (13—15-years-old) from 105 countries. Worldwide, 31·1% (95% CI 30·9—31·2) of adults are physically inactive, with proportions ranging from 17·0% (16·8—17·2) in southeast Asia to about 43% in the Americas and the eastern Mediterranean. Inactivity rises with age, is higher in women than in men, and is increased in high-income countries. The proportion of 13—15-year-olds doing fewer than 60 min of physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity per day is 80·3% (80·1—80·5); boys are more active than are girls. Continued improvement in monitoring of physical activity would help to guide development of policies and programmes to increase activity levels and to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases.

 

[CarbonD]

Japanese are one of the laziest in the world, holy sh!t.

this is so fake.

yes the new generation japanese kids are too lazy, Their economy is holding on due to old generation are still working. Young generation are too lazy to work.

 

[manofwar]

yes the new generation japanese kids are too lazy, Their economy is holding on due to old generation are still working. Young generation are too lazy to work.

By the time the older generation's time is up, there will be very few young people left in Japan, not only because of the low birth rate, but because of so many youth suicides in Japan every year. Unlike the lder gen the younger dudes don't know how to handle pressure and take the coward's way out.........
Suicide in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Holmes]

Machines have taken over the job, so many are enlisted as lazy 'ike the japanese.

 

[Avisheik]

I am not sure of the accuracy of this graph as Malasia is put in the worst category

Most malaysians are lazy bro, if they werent lazy they would have an economy like singapore. But the thing is that they can afford to be lazy.

 

[Icarus]

They put Pakistan in the 30-40% category, completely neglecting the fact that life here for most of the population is so tough that it does not require daily exercise. A person who pulls a cart in the market may not go to the gym and get the minimum exercise but I can bet he will be stronger and fitter than any other guy who meets the criteria of the minimum workout.

 

[VCheng]

They put Pakistan in the 30-40% category, completely neglecting the fact that life here for most of the population is so tough that it does not require daily exercise. A person who pulls a cart in the market may not go to the gym and get the minimum exercise but I can bet he will be stronger and fitter than any other guy who meets the criteria of the minimum workout.

If one considers the Pakistani population as a whole, including the middle class, then a figure of 1 in 3 approx. not doing sufficient exercise to maintain health, particularly women, seems quite plausible, does it not?

 

[Che Guevara]

This survey put India in good and pakistan in bad light in comparison......FAKE...Totally FAKE