I'LL TELL you this, but you'll have to promise that it will go no further. Not long after we moved here we had the people next door round for dinner and - I swear this is true - they drove.
Article from 1999, referenced study likely from earlier.
The average American walks less than 75 miles a year - about 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day.
These numbers seem way too low, 1.4 miles a week??? Even in 2024 where we have more means of transport than ever, I still walk more than that every day!
Are you joking? That seems ridiculously low to me. That's barely 300 metres per day. I walk more than that just pacing around my apartment on a typical day. I actually can't even envision what a life with so little walking would look like.
Yeah, aside from riding my bike, I would hardly call myself active but I sure as hell walk waaaay more than that. Even if I was above average (doubtful), these numbers seem off, especially for back then. With all sorts of delivery and micromobility devices these days, I figure we're walking even less than we did in the 90s but still more than 1.4 miles per week (you could easily walk that without even leaving a building)
I can see why you might connect the two, but I weigh 240 lbs and bike commute every day as long as it isn't freezing. Overweight and obese people ride bikes all the time.
Being sedentary is only part of the reason we're so fat: Can't out exercise a bad diet and we are barraged with highly processed foods to the point that you can accidentally eat a lot of processed stuff even when you're trying to eat healthy.
Oh, also, beer but I quit drinking so that should help lol
I'd be surprised if I wasn't: Most things are within about a 25 minute walk for me, much less on a bike. Still though, I feel like that study's numbers were off.