Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's Off To Work I Go . . .

With apologies to Disney's Snow White, if you're like me (or any of the millions of commuters who live miles from their work), we spend quite a bit of time in our cars (on average 25.5min one way) driving to & from our place of employment. In fact, I routinely drive close to 2 hours daily as I make house calls.  But if you think about it, that time spent in our cars could be put to good use if we lived close enough to walk or cycle to work.

Coincidentally, a longitudinal study of 20,458 British participants was published earlier this week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in which the authors concluded that an active mode of travel was inversely linked to a lower risk of being overweight, diabetes & hypertension (high blood pressure).  Ironically, taking public transportation was considered active travel, as was walking & cycling.

Using public transportation, walking or cycling to work were associated w/lower risk of developing overweight. Walking or cycling was linked to a lower risk for diabetes. Finally, walking was linked to lower risk of hypertension.  So if you have a potential move to make, consider searching for those offices close enough to walk or cycle to.

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