Study: 56 percent of Mexican adults don’t exercise

Published March 26, 2014 6:38pm ET



MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than half of Mexican adults don’t get regular exercise, a worrisome figure in a country with high rates of obesity and diabetes, a study published Wednesday found.

The National Statistics Institute said only 43.6 percent of Mexicans exercise or practice sports regularly, compared to 51.4 percent in the United States and 54 percent in Canada. The main reasons given for not exercising are a lack of time and exhaustion after work.

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