Both Amsterdam and Rotterdam Could Save More Than 10 Million Euros If a Small percentage of the population Exercised More, Concludes The University of Groningen. Moreover, there is a differentence between the neighborhoods where sports or exercise saves costs.
Sports and Exercise Contribute to Lower Healthcare Costs. Stimulating this can lead to “significant savings,” concludes the University of Groningen (back). The Rug Investigated the Relationship between Healthcare Costs, Sports, and Exercise on Behalf of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
In The Case of Rotterdam, This would Involve A Saving of Around 11 Million Euros in Healthcare Costs, and in Amsterdam, Around 14 Million euros. For this, 1 percent of the residents who currently exercise too little would have to exercise weekly or get enough exercise.
Dutch Neighborhoods Where People Exercise Or Move More Have Lower Healthcare Costs by Resident, Accordination to the Rug. “At First Glance, The Savings per year Seem Limited. But Converted to an Amsterdam District or An Area (Rotterdam), This is a Large Amount per year,” The University Writes.
The Study Distinguishes between Sports and Exercise. More Exercise Here Means Exercising Accordance to the Guideline for Adults: Avoiding Sitting Still and At Least 150 minutes per week of Moduction Intensity Exercise. The Researchers make this distinction because the effects different.
Effects Seem to DIFFER Significantly between Neighborhoods
“A second striking outcome of the study is that more sports or more exercise does not have the same effects everywhere,” The Researchers Write. In Neighborhoods where relatively few wealthy people live, the effects of more sports are greatest. In Neighborhoods with More Prosperity, There are Mainly Lower Healthcare Costs If People Exercise More.
“The Effect of Sports and Exercise on Healthcare Costs Therefore Seems to Differ Significantly Between Neighborhoods,” The Researchers conclude. “The research also implies that investing in Sports and Exercise in Terms of Healthcare Costs Can Yield Direct Savings and Is Therefore Not Just A Long-Term Effect.”