Laziest people on Earth belong to 'THIS' country
New Delhi: Researchers of Stanford
University have conducted a study on 46-country to find out the laziest
countries in the world. It is found that India ranked 39 among the world's
laziest countries, with people taking just 4,297 steps a day.
According to a report in Times of
India, Stanford University researchers used step-counters installed in
smartphones to track the walking activity of about 700,000 people in 46
countries around the world during their study. As per the reports, data shows
that Indian women walk barely 3,684 steps, while men registered 4,606 steps
daily.
The study found that for both males
and females, a larger number of steps recorded is associated with lower
obesity, but for females, the prevalence of obesity increases more rapidly as
step volume decreases. The study found that Chinese are most active,
particularly those living in Hong Kong, where people averaged 6,880 a steps a
day.
Hong Kong, China, Ukraine and Japan
tops the chart with people walking over 6,000 steps daily, while Malaysia,
Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are at the bottom. Indonesia was the worst nation
with people walking nearly half as much, averaging 3,513 steps a day. The
worldwide average is 4,961steps, with Americans walking an average 4,774 steps.
The finding also found that obesity increases more rapidly in Indian women as
the number of steps they take decreases.
Stanford researchers say in
countries with less obesity, people walked a similar amount every day. In nations
with higher rates of obesity, there were larger gaps between those who walked a
lot and those who walked very little.
The study was published in the
journal 'Nature'.
17.07.2017
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