I did feel slightly guilty at chucking over this story. Then I got over it and laughed some more.
Children taking part in a study to measure how much exercise they do fooled researchers by attaching their pedometers to their pet dogs.
Genius. What made the researchers suspicious?
"But after a week we found there were some kids who were extremely active but still obese," said Professor Maffulli.
The scales don't lie chubby cheeks! But this I find find quite bizarre...
Huh? Ok, I get the calorie thing and why women have a lower limit, but why should women have a lower recommended 'step count'? Well, actually I can sort of see that as well, but why should women walk any less distance than men during the day? 2,500 steps less in fact.Once adjusted to take into account the help from pets, the study indicated that boys in the borough walk or run 12,620 steps a day, below the recommended level of 15,000 steps.
It also found that girls take 10,150 steps, falling short of the recommended 12,000 steps.
Is it because they cunningly get us men to run around after them, fixing their mistakes, and generally working harder? I want answers!
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There's a daily recommended number of steps?
Who knew?
Is there any limit to the level of prodnoding and micro-meddling that these prats will stoop to?
Have they really nothing better to do?
I wonder what other daily recommended numbers there are? Suggestions on a postcard...
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