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Less than 25 percent of Americans walk for more than ten minutes continuously in a typical week (www.sciencedaily.com)

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made the rounds on twitter today and I have to say, christ alive

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

This is a bad headline. Here's a couple important bits from the article:

the majority of previous studies done on physical activity primarily focused on its use in recreational activity or leisure time activity, he noted.

less than one quarter of U.S. adults in a nationally representative sample reported walking or bicycling for transportation for more than 10 minutes continuously in a typical week.

So this study is intentionally focused on walking and biking "for transportation", and excludes people who do either activity for recreation or exercise or any other reason. I myself would have probably reported that I do zero walking or biking for transportation to this survey - but I get between 90 and 120 minutes of total walking almost every day walking my (very energetic) dog.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

But I think shows where the problem is - to walk in US you need to have make conscious effort and usually drive yourself first to some park. Meanwhile dumbass American smart watch thinks that I am training every time I walk from work to my favorite eatery for lunch.

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