NEW DELHI:(PTI) If your walking speed is faster than your peers, you may be at a lower risk of metabolic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular ones, a recent study has found.
In nearly 25,000 participants having obesity, a high waist circumference, or both, researchers from Japan’s Doshisha University measured their ‘subjective walking speed’ through a single question in a health questionnaire — “Is your walking speed faster than that of your age and sex?”
The results, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed that individuals who identified as ‘faster walkers’ had significantly lower risks of diabetes — about 30 per cent lower — and smaller, but notable reductions, in risks of hypertension and dyslipidemia (abnormal lipid levels in blood).
