TurnToIslam If you want to know@tti/2nd Edition.

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Experts suggest walking 6,000 steps a day to improve health and 10,000 steps a day to lose weight.

 

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The first successful robots to walk had six legs. As technology has improved, robots can now walk on two legs, though they still do not walk as gracefully as humans.

 

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A 2000 study reported that walking regularly (three times or more a week for half an hour or more) saves $330 a year in health care costs.

 

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A 20-minute walk, or about 2,000 steps, equal a mile.

 

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The best way to lose weight by walking is to take a longer, moderately paced walk (40 minutes at 60-65% maximum heart rate). Shorter, faster walks (20-25 minutes at 75%-85% maximum heart rate) are best for conditioning the heart and lungs.

 

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A 150-pound man burns 100 calories per mile walking. A 200-pound man burns 133 calories per walking mile. And a 250-pound man burns 166 calories per mile. A person burns essentially the same amount of calories whether they run or walk a mile. Running just gets a person to a destination faster.

 

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A significant difference between walking and running is the amount of time each foot contacts the ground. While walking, at least one foot is in contact with the ground at any given time, and the length of time the foot is in contact is longer than while running. During a run, foot contact with the ground is less than walking, and there is a period of time where both feet are not in contact with the ground.

 

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Sleepwalking is called somnambulism (Latin somnus “sleep” + ambulare “to walk”). About 18% of the world suffers from somnambulism.

 

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Chickens, pigeons, cranes, quails, and at least eight of the 27 families of birds bob their head when they walk. Researchers suggest that they do this because head bobbing helps with balance, provides depth perception, and sharpens their vision.

 

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Most babies begin to walk around 13 months, though some may start as early as 9 or 10 months and as late as 15 or 16 months.

 

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Walking can help decrease the risk of heart attack, decrease the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and can even reduce the risk of bone fracture. Additionally, brisk walking can reduce stress and depression levels as well as improve cancer survival rates.

MashaAllah!

 

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Even though Americans use walking as their mode of transportation in less than 6% of their trips, over 13% of all traffic deaths involve pedestrians.

 

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Walking briskly for one mile in 15 minutes burns approximately the same amount of calories as does jogging an equal distance in 8.5 minutes.

 

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The most popular form of exercise in the United States is walking.

 

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Even though over 40% of the trips taken in the U.S. are less than one mile, less than 10% of all trips are made by walking or biking.

 

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In 1970, 66% of children walked to school. Today, only 13% walk.

 

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In 2009 the National Household Travel Survey reported there are an estimated 42 billion walking trips nationwide every year. Americans take a total of about 388 billion annual trips. Walking, then, makes up roughly 10.9 % of all trips.

 

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Younger people walk dramatically more than older age groups. Five 15-year-olds have almost twice the percentage of the walking trips as the 40-to-64-year-old age group (15.2 and 7.8%, respectively).

 

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Less than 50% of American adults exercise enough to gain significant health or benefits. Inactivity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., second only to tobacco use.

 

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Mortality rates among retired men who walked less than one mile per day were almost twice as much as those who walked more than 2 miles per day.