Buses help to burn excess weight

The researchers recommend that people over 60 years of active use buses and all public transport. According to experts, so a person is much more chances to leave with being overweight.

According to the study, moving on foot or using public transport   British citizens aged over 60 in 2008, 25% less likely to suffer from obesity. In April 2006, British pensioners as an experiment were given the right to free travel on local buses, but only outside the rush hour. The experiment proved successful in terms of fight obesity .

Actually, public transport   UK is one of the most expensive in the world. Directions from London somewhere in another part of the country's high-speed train is comparable to the price of airfare to Paris. It is very costly to travel on the metro and buses.

Now researchers from Imperial College London found that the active use of public transport   positively influences the fight against obesity . Although all pensioners, as the use of buses and prefer to stay at home, had a tendency to weight gain over the years of observations, the first group is still gaining extra weight is significantly less.

These studies are published in the journal Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The researchers emphasize that the right to free travel on the bus encourages seniors to stay at home less and move more. They actively visit friends and relatives, and the movement is one of the key ways to burn extra calories.

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