Walking is the best medicine
Don’t Indians walk for even 30 minutes in a day If a recent survey conducted by the Public Health Foundation and the World Heart Foundation is to be believed, the answer is that they do not.
Don’t Indians walk for even 30 minutes in a day If a recent survey conducted by the Public Health Foundation and the World Heart Foundation is to be believed, the answer is that they do not. The foundation, which interviewed 1,021 adults above 18 years of age, has found that 46 per cent of the people they spoke to did not walk for 30 minutes every day. Not only that, they didn’t understand the concept of brisk walking. Brisk walking means walking four kilometers in 60 minutes and breaking into a sweat. When this happens, the heart muscles become strong and are able to pump blood to all the parts of the body. The concept of brisk walking is to also evaluate the physical fitness of the body. Physical fitness is when the body does not get exhausted or tired too easily after walking three to four kilometers. Sometimes, some people become breathless while climbing stairs — a sign of ‘poor physical fitness’. Earlier studies have shown that walking reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases as it makes the heart muscles strong.