Press Release – New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association Our 21st-century lifestyle and inactivity, worsened by Covid-19 lockdowns, is killing us, warns the New Zealand Chiropractors Association (NZCA). The warning from the countrys peak body for chiropractors follows publication of a study that suggests … Our 21st-century lifestyle and inactivity, worsened by Covid-19 lockdowns, is killing us, warns the New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA). The warning from the country’s peak body for chiropractors follows publication of a study that suggests inactivity drives 1 in 14 deaths globally[1]. The new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that inactivity drives up to 8% of noncommunicable diseases and mortality.