Walking 30 minutes each day reduces by 20% the risk to get a heart attack
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Walking:
The First Step to a Better Life
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly recommended to practise walking
Walking 3 500 steps a day reduces diabetes by 30%
Walking 40 minutes three times a week can protect the brain area controlling memories
Walking 2 hours each week reduces by 30% the probability to have a stroke
Walking 30 minutes a day reduces by 36% the bipolar disorder symptoms
Walking 75 intense minutes each week can add 2 years of life expectancy
3,5 years can be added to your life expectancy if you walk 150 minutes each week
Walking an hour each day can reduce obesity by 50%
Walking 4 hours each week can reduce the risk to get a broken hip by 43%.
Did you know that walking can raise creative thinking to 60%?
Walking represents 80% of children's everyday physical activity, which means 10 000 steps a day. Adults only walk 6 000 steps a day.
Walking is a great asset for children's growth and psychological balance. A pupil who walks to school has a calmer mind, and is more focused at school than the one that gets to school by car. Walking develops children's independence. It is certainly why Kierkegaard advised each mother "to teach his child to walk alone". While walking, each child has to find its way, think by himself, decide whether he can have a break or not, have some water from his backpack, for example.
Walking helps with children's heart rate and breathing system, it also strengthens the heart and lungs. As for adults, walking helps to keep a healthy body weight and avoid obesity.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that a child practises a physical activity an hour each day : walking can fulfill this advice.
