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This is learning English from the news, our podcast about the news headlines today.
A big health warning for 1.8 billion people around the world who don't do enough exercise.
Hello, I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie.
In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com dot.
So Georgie, let's talk a little bit more about today's story.
A World Health Organization study, that's who, has found that around 1.8 billion people in the world are inactive.
That means they do not move around enough.
Yes.
So according to the WHO, adults need to spend at least 150 minutes a week doing moderate activity or 75 minutes a week doing vigorous.
That means energetic activity to stay healthy.
The results are part of a worldwide study and show that more people are inactive globally than the last study in 2010.
So our first headline describes the results of the report.
It is from Medical Express, wake up call, third of adults not doing enough physical activity.
Okay, let's hear that again.
Wake up call, third of adults not doing enough physical activity.
And that's from Medical Express.
We're going to start by looking at the expression right at the beginning of that headline, wake up call.