From The Times Of India?..
More and more Indians are using cars to travel distances which are short enough to walk. A survey of 13 countries have found that 13% Indian men and 15% women use vehicles for trips that could be covered by foot.
In countries like the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia, this figure, however, rises to around one-in-five. Globally, the number of people walking is in decline.
The study says that rising car ownership in India is discouraging walking, while in China the reduction in walking has seen an increase in obesity levels among drivers.
The proportion of children walking or cycling to school fell from 48% to 13% between 1969 and 2009 in the US, and from 62% to 50% between 1989 and 2004 among primary-school children in the UK.
Doctors say walking just an extra 15 minutes a day can extend human life by up to three years. A recent study of 400,000 people found that every additional 15 minutes of daily exercise such as brisk walking reduced premature death rates by a further 4%.
Even slow walking burns around 114 calories per mile for someone weighing 91kg. Researchers in US have found that each extra km walked per day was associated with a 4.8% reduction in an individual?s probability of becoming obese, whereas each hour spent driving was linked to a 6% increase in an individual?s probability of becoming obese.
The study by Max Bupa says, ?Cars are often used for very short journeys that could be walked. In the US, cars are used for 55% of trips of one-third of a mile (half a km) in length and 85% of trips that are two-thirds of a mile (1 km) in length. A car journey of one mile (1.6 km) emits around 574g of carbon dioxide ? twice as much as the average emission of 287g of carbon dioxide per mile on longer journeys.?
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