Rising global temperatures may increase physical inactivity worldwide by 2050, raising health risks and economic costs, a new study warns

A Lancet study warns that climate change may lead to increased physical inactivity, causing millions of premature deaths and economic losses by 2050.

Rising temperatures due to climate change could drive millions more adults globally into physical inactivity by 2050, being linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and billions of dollars in lost productivity, suggests a modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.