{"id":103648,"date":"2025-08-29T05:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/103648\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:25:08","slug":"which-louisiana-parishes-are-the-most-physically-inactive-louisiana-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/103648\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Louisiana parishes are the most physically inactive | Louisiana Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, just under 1 in 3 adults were not physically active during their leisure time in Louisiana. That&#8217;s well above the national average of 24.2%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Across the U.S., Louisiana ranks toward the bottom in the country when it comes to physical activity.<\/p>\n<p>Physical activity after working hours can decrease the risks of certain cancers, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Additionally, exercise can reduce the risk of developing serious illnesses from infectious diseases like COVID or the flu, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/physical-activity-basics\/benefits\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. Regular physical activity can also increase life expectancy, strengthen bones and decrease the likelihood of falls in older age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"083125 Inactivity Louisiana map\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full white\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1450\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>These parishes had the most adults who are physically inactive after working hours in 2022, in descending order:<\/p>\n<p>East Carroll and Tensas parishes at\u00a042%,Claiborne Parish at\u00a040%,Madison Parish at\u00a039%,Bienville and Morehouse parishes at\u00a038%,Evangeline Parish at\u00a037%,and Avoyelles and Concordia parishes at\u00a036%.<\/p>\n<p>These parishes had the fewest adults who are physically inactive after working hours in 2022, in ascending order:<\/p>\n<p>Ascension and St. Charles parishes at 25%,Lafayette and St. Tammany parishes at 26%,East Baton Rouge, Orleans and West Feliciana parishes at 27%,and Beauregard, Bossier, Cameron, Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes at 28%.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC suggests that adults prevent health problems caused by not being physically active by:<\/p>\n<p>Increase weight-bearing activities like running and walking;Increase aerobic activity like running, biking or swimming;Do strength training exercises at least twice a week;Do aerobic activity all during the week, increasing the heart rate each time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, just under 1 in 3 adults were not physically active during their leisure time in Louisiana.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,63,538,137],"class_list":["post-103648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}