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In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

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[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743514002023

Driving towards obesity: A systematized literature review on the association between motor vehicle travel time and distance and weight status in adults

Highlights

  • Over-reliance on private motor vehicles has likely contributed to the obesity epidemic.
  • Evidence for a positive association between motor vehicle driving and weight status exists.
  • Small, widespread, reductions in driving could provide significant population health benefits.

You’d have to be driving for 6 hours or more daily for it to make a significant impact :

By substituting sitting with standing for 6 hours/day, a 65 kg person will expend an additional 54 kcal/day. Assuming no increase in energy intake, this difference in energy expenditure would be translated into the energy content of about 2.5 kg of body fat mass in 1 year.

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29385357/