Fitness Guidelines 3 Times More Likely To Be Met By Public Transit Users

Makes sense.

"The study, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, finds that people who take public transit are three times more likely than those who don't to meet the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's suggested daily minimum of physical activity...

Because transit trips by bus and train often involve walking to and from stops, the study found that users are more likely to meet the recommended 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day, five days a week."

And if public transportation where you are is as it is in many places, its unreliability also promotes traveling on foot.

"You don't necessarily have to rebuild communities or make major investments in infrastructure to promote public health," he says. "There are things we can do in the interim, such as encourage people to drive less, and adapt their lifestyles which will get people more physically active and generate fewer greenhouse gasses."

True and sensible insofar as there is no need to redesign communities and infrastructure.

People can be more physically active anywhere, anyplace and at anytime so long as they want to be.

Of course, what was missing from this study is any proof that public transit commuters are "healthier" than others for having met the fitness guidelines.

There is a reason that info was not presented.

Can you guess why?