Why is there a snake on the sign of the World Health Organization?

The snake's coiled scepter is a symbol of medicine and medicine. It originated from the story of Asclepius. The ancient Greeks regarded it as the god of medicine, and its worship included the use of snakes.

Greece is the birthplace of the snake emblem, which has spread all over Greece since ancient times. In modern times, the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany and the United Nations World Health Organization all regard the snake emblem as their medical symbol. Before the 1950s, the emblem of the Chinese Medical Association also had a snake emblem. 1The cover of Chinese Medical Journal published in April, 948 is an eye-catching snake emblem.

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According to the research of the World Health Organization, more than a quarter of adults in the world, that is, about 654.38+0.4 billion people, do not exercise enough, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia and cancer.

The study found that the proportion of adults who do not exercise in high-income countries is more than twice that in low-income countries. Who recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise or 75 minutes of high-intensity exercise every week. People below this standard are considered to be under-exercised.

According to WHO research, one third of women and one quarter of men in the world do not take the exercise recommended by experts. According to the report, the proportion of adults lacking physical activity in low-income countries is 16%, and that in high-income countries is 37%, with an increase of 5% from 2006,5438+0 to 2065,438+06, with significant increases in Germany, New Zealand, the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

People's Daily Online-WHO: There are 654.38+04 billion people in the world who are at risk of diseases due to insufficient exercise.

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Health Organization