Data, nine in the amount of primary and secondary walking "failed." Held in Shanghai International Forum on walking and health, experts say -
Today, you walk it? It seems that many people should not be a problem. But today's people enjoy the fruit of modern civilization, facing a new health crisis that is a problem can not be ignored. Recently, the Shanghai Sports Bureau hosted the "Walk and Health" International Forum. Known as the "Wan walking the" father of Japan Yoshiro Hatano, Ph.D., National Center for Disease Control scientists Kalka Spey Sen Boshi, tenured professor at the University of Illinois Dr. Zhu Weimo and Shanghai Research Institute of Sports Science Fellow, respectively, from Li Jun medicine, kinematics, sociology perspective, walking for the public to open new channels of theory and practice.
Jiucheng the amount of primary and secondary walking "fail"
Walking is one way of basic human activities, with the awareness that people exercise, walking exercise has been recognized as the best game in the world.
Since last year, Shanghai made a public walking research, Shanghai Branch, director of the body led investigated Li Jun 6 years to 80 years old Shanghai is 3,000 people, ages 6 points, with 7 days of walking data records. Research shows that people of all ages are in million daily walk for the following steps. Different populations, the lowest proportion of primary and secondary students, a higher proportion of elderly people as a whole, the majority, the young are less than the effective amount of walking, and walking capacity in most of the day is not long for a short walk.
Walk step by step fashion in Europe and America and other countries, access to the world's governments and health agencies agree. According to international standard, students aged 6 to 17 years the average daily walk for boys and girls should reach 13,000 steps and 11,000 steps. From the survey, the proportion of students in Shanghai is very low standards, boys and girls were about 11% and 5%, Jiucheng walking in the amount of students "fail."
From the age trend, adolescence, boys were more than a few girls walking; adult, by contrast, more women than men; 31.2% of the people in the young, the elderly to achieve a "million steps on the line." Although the ratio is not low, but the vast majority of people lack of scientific training methods, the main problem is the continued lack of time walking, walking for 10 minutes or more the proportion of the amount is not high.
Lifestyle is the culprit
In recent years, the growing number of overweight obesity, physical decline caused by the phenomenon of social concern. To Shanghai, the 80 years from the last century, the "green bean" to today's "chubby pier", children and adolescents change shape to reflect the essence of a lack of physical exercise. In cars, take the elevator instead of stairs, do not participate in housework and so on, are very common among young people; a lot of time for homework, computer, watching TV, few outdoor activities, the static features of life significantly.
Occupation, housework, transport and leisure is a major component of daily walking. As social and economic transformation of Shanghai more than half of working population engaged in sit-in desk-based work, manual workers had fallen to 14%. Shanghai Branch of the physical body of Liu Xin, director and health guidance that increasingly convenient transportation, the objective to reduce the amount of the walk.
Of particular note is that 19.2% of middle-aged or even less than 5000 steps daily walking meditation in this way of life recognized boundaries, as "otaku, house woman." The major reason is lifestyle changes.
How considered healthy walk
Need to know how many people walk to be healthy, the forum of a public information free listening, many people have come in just an hour to be obtained 50 votes. Many experts give positive recommendations of science walk.
East professor at the University of Tokyo Yun Yoshiro Hatano, exactly 39 years of walking adhere million of his own metaphor has gone three laps around the earth. He said, shows, swing arms and quick, said, "so to go, probably consumed 23 kcal of heat." According to his calculations, each step consumes 1 kcal 30; normal diet, each step can take 21 million reduce 1 kg of body weight. He suggested that the best 20 minutes per foot or more, preferably more than 3 times every day. Reasonable allocation of time, can lead a healthy and comfortable life. After visiting the World Expo site, there are many ideas that should be extended to the city building.
Dr. Fidel Payson, improve walking speed can prevent diabetes. The relationship between walking and diabetes through the study found, II diabetes occurs most often in adults over 40 years of age, general physical activity and reduce obesity and related. Walk 2 to 3 hours per week, risk can be reduced by 34%. Recommended for 3 days a week should be a day for 20 to 60 minutes, up to 120 steps per minute, a minimum of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, total time of 150 minutes.
Dr. Zhu Weimo that you can walk anywhere and does not require special equipment. Studies have shown that walking, especially brisk walking, can help the long-term weight loss, lower blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. And compared to other forms of physical activity, walking has the lowest risk of injury, which put forward the "physical space" of the new concept.
"Sports life" began walking
Li Jun believe that it advocated "Sport Life" is a new sports concept, which emphasizes exercise and fitness, activity is fitness. Let sports become not live without the "fifth element", he called to promote "sports daily life" from the walk start.
Day walk for lack of issues, from 2008, Shanghai began to build the public health way, as in some parks, green spaces open up a pedestrian area, has built the 509 Fitness Way. Fitness Road Shanghai Jiaotong University intends to introduce the campus community, and guide students take the initiative to exercise.
Fitness experts suggest that parents should encourage young people to take part, including all kinds of sports activities including walking, scientific and reasonable arrangements for weekend leisure activities. Travel office workers can be combined with the traffic in order to resolve the "no time" exercise of the outstanding contradictions. Only exercise frequency, time and strength to achieve certain requirements in order to meet the scientific fitness results.
