Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Hong Kong steps ahead | Stanford News


From a Stanford university study of the amount people walk per day for various cities around the world. They used the ingenious method of getting information from a steps-tracking app. 
Meantime the International New York Times, quoting the above study, reports that Hong Kong people walk the most average steps per day, 6,880 with China second at 6,189. The United States is low in the rankings while Jakarta is the lowest at 3,513.
There is a link between the number of steps per day, obesity rates and mortality rates. 
I need to do my bit to help Hong Kong keep its first place. At the moment, I'm pulling Hong Kong's average down...