|
 Modern researchers in Australia are seriously concerned about the impact of having a car on its owners. It's no secret that people who have to get to work by public transport are less at risk of gaining extra pounds than those who have their own car. This article is about how to avoid harmful consequences for car owners?
Get fit.
One of the authors of studies at the Institute in Melbourne, Takemi Sugiyama, noted that with daily use of the car and high physical activity in free time, weight gain is inevitable.
That is, those who did exercises for two and a half hours weekly, but have a private car, increased their weight in 4 years, on average by two kilograms, this is more per kilogram than those who commuted to work by public transport or worked at home.
Digital indicators.
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published a study showing that out of 822 people, those who exercised weekly and worked from home did not have weight gain. The rest of the subjects increased their weight, although they did not exercise on a weekly basis, but at the same time commuted to work daily using a car. But the weight gain was not related to this.
Physical exercise.
As Lawrence Frank, spokesman for the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, notes, achieving moderate physical activity will not compensate, over time, for the weight gain effects of personal transportation. However, there are other factors, added Lawrence Frank, apparently women who own a private car do most of the errands on the way to and from work, and have the opportunity to purchase more food, which can affect weight gain.
An extra hour in the car can cause obesity.
Past studies have also suggested that the more time you sit in a car per day, the faster overweight problems will arise. A 2004 Georgia study found that every extra hour a child spent in the car increased the chance of obesity by 6%. Based on research, Lawrence Frank emphasized that the main predictor of obesity is the use of a personal car.
How to avoid excess weight for car owners?
Many modern women are forced to get to work by personal transport, since they have no other options. Researcher Sugiyama warns that in order to avoid excess weight, one should refrain from daily use of a personal car, however, if such an opportunity is not available, then in your free time you should pay more attention to an active lifestyle, playing sports, choosing correct diet, which in the future, will allow your body to be always in good shape and avoid weight gain.
Egorov S.
|
