World Health Organisation has recently released a report that shows the rankings of nations on how lazy or energetic they are. The surveys happened in 168 nations, in which India is supposedly ranked 117. The data for this survey was taken from population-based surveys "reporting the prevalence of insufficient physical activity," including 1.9 million participants.

This report has been published in the medical journal called The Lancet. But, think about it, is it really that bad?

First and foremost, WHO's report on the website of The Lancet, does not state India's rank as 117. What it does state is that 34 percent Indians are not getting the adequate amount of exercise. So, the number 117 seems to be borne out of someone's calculations, rather than the report itself.

Secondly, even if 117 is the correct ranking, it means that India stands at that rank on the list of the 'Laziest nations'. A rank at the bottom indicates that we are not that lazy. Sure, we could buck up, but we are in fact, more active than 116 other nations. That's actually not bad news at all.

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The report reveals that Uganda is the most energetic with about 5.5 per cent of its population being not sufficiently active, and Kuwait is the laziest with 67 per cent of its population not being active and not getting enough exercise.

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In the list of 168 nations, the report has shown that countries like Kuwait, American Samoa, Saudi Arabia and Iraq were listed in the least energetic ones as more than half of their adult population has not engaged in enough exercise.

It also shows that in 55 out of 168 countries (32.7 per cent), more than a third of the population was insufficiently physically active. "Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life," says the report.