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You can't use possession of cars as a proxy for sedentaryness. If you look at the number of people on sidewalks in the US (approximately none) versus the numbe
by prewett 10y ago
You can't use possession of cars as a proxy for sedentaryness. If you look at the number of people on sidewalks in the US (approximately none) versus the number of people walking in Japan or Thailand, you'll see a stark contrast. In the US, people (myself included) will take a car to the grocery store a ten minute walk away. In most cities around the world you get used to walking places, but since it's rarely feasible to walk in the US, you get used to driving everywhere.
- prostoalex 10y agoThe closest they came to testing that hypothesis was to conduct surveys across residents of various countries, and it turns out the "laziest" countries are not the obesity leaders (although arguably laziness here is self-reported) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9405918/British-people-among-laziest-in-Europe.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9405918/British-... I don't know if anyone has good data on the amount of walking per capita per country. Maybe FitBit would have decent stats, but then their userbase is a bit self-selecting.