147 Amazing Health Facts

The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime

There is an approximately 30% lower risk of colon cancer and approximately 20% lower risk of breast cancer for adults participating in daily physical activity

Recycling and composting prevented 85 million tons of material from being disposed of in 2010, up from 18 million tons in 1980

Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. That’s comparable to global diseases like malaria and HIV

More people in the world have a mobile phone than a toilet

Each year 700,000 children - about 2,000 a day - die from diarrhoea due to unsafe water & poor sanitation

5 blood donations can save the lives of 45 babies

150,000 lives could be saved each year if we all knew First Aid

Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history combined

49% of Britons believe there is life after death