Physical inactivity is a disease synonymous for a non-permissive brain disorder

Physical inactivity is a disease synonymous for a non-permissive brain disorder. Leo Pruimboom. Medical Hypotheses 77 (2011) 708–713. This another interesting paper on inactivity and along with agreeing that physical inactivity is a major cause of chronic disease, it puts a new twist on this idea. The premise is that people already know that exercise is good for them but many choose not to lead an active lifestyle. Therefore physical inactivity belongs in a category called "sickness behavior" which includes depressive, facilities energy conservation but seems to project against injury and social conflict. If progressive then self-defeating copying styles and a conversion to non-permissive behaviors. They also propose that inactivity produces a "reptile phenotype" that includes a low metabolic rate and hypothermia. -PJM