The group said local authorities needed to take action, as the levels of inactivity were costing lives.
Inflammation and metabolic problems caused by long periods of inactivity are undoubtedly also to blame.
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Some 57, 000 of the latest rise in unemployment is due to a fall in economic inactivity.
Like taxpayers, the IRS hates Congressional inactivity and the uncertainty and last minute fixes it foments.
Inactivity in children leads to obesity and reduced academic performance across all socio-economic classes.
And inactivity among working adults leads to increased time off work and decreased productivity.
It's the longest stretch of inactivity since Curiosity's daring touchdown near the Martian equator last year.
While you so selflessly relax and recline, read the study justifying your inactivity here.
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Since 1997, inactivity has stuck at just over a fifth of the working-age population.
Chief Justice Roberts pointed out that the Constitution does not specifically prohibit taxing inactivity.
To borrow the language of the commerce clause debate, the federal government can now tax inactivity.
That would truly make it a tax on inactivity wholly unrelated to income, which might be problematic.
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Westminster talk of welfare reform chimes with public concern that economic inactivity is linked to social ills.
"We have lower youth unemployment, higher youth employment and lower youth inactivity than the UK, " he said.
The study backs findings by other U.S. scientists, who warned that physical inactivity can hasten age-related decline.
We are a selfish species prone to temptations which trigger both activity (greed, pride) and inactivity (sloth, jealousy).
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Indoors is associated not only with television and video games but also with inactivity, restlessness, and low energy.
Rates of economic inactivity in London are also on the high side compared with the rest of Britain.
The thundering silence of apparent inactivity by regulators often drives more tips and tipsters back into the woodwork.
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That inactivity has been criticised by politicians, placing pressure on Home Secretary Jack Straw to act - pressure he has ignored.
Google said users can opt to have their data deleted after three, six, nine or 12 months of inactivity.
The researchers say the problem of inactivity has reached pandemic levels, with far-reaching health, economic, environmental and social consequences.
It works over a phone line and will capture images when motion is detected, without recording inactivity between events.
The report, which examined over 200 cancer papers, reached the conclusion that physical inactivity raises risk for developing cancer.
The individual inactivity argument does not just apply to the Commerce Clause claim.
Study after study shows that chronic inactivity is a serious health risk.
Also, notwithstanding low official Dutch unemployment (on this, the Netherlands scores better than Germany, France and Italy), inactivity remains high.
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After that time period of inactivity, Google will send out a text message and e-mail the secondary address you provide.
As the study suggests, physical inactivity is more common in countries of high income than in those of low income.
Even if the regulation of inactivity if that is what it is is a novelty, its novelty does not count against it.
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