{"id":2288,"date":"2010-10-21T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/which-country-walks-more-than-u-s.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:25:50","slug":"which-country-walks-more-than-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Which Country Walks MORE than U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/a>The question is actually … which country walks LESS than us?? Not many, that’s for sure. <\/span><\/div>\n


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Adults in western Australia average 9,695 steps a day. The Swiss followed with 9,650, while the<\/span><\/span> Japan<\/span><\/span>ese clocked in with 7,168 steps. But Americans straggled far behind with just 5,117 steps.<\/span><\/span>

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<\/span>The drive-not-walk mentality has dismal consequences. In the United States, 34 percent of adults are obese. During the past decade Australia, Japan and Switzerland have reported obesity rates of 16 percent, 3 percent and 8 percent, respectively.<\/span><\/span>

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<\/span>Our culture of convenience is killing us, and it’s frustrating to watch when the answer is SO simple. Get up and move.<\/span>

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On my radio program, I spoke to the researcher who showed that walking 30 min\/day will keep your brain from SHRINKING. No kidding, people laugh about killing brain cells by drinking to much, but you do more long term, irreversible damage by inaction. <\/span>

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Americans not hitting their walking stride | Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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