If Delhi looks fit, thank the over-40s
The survey conducted on morning walkers in Delhi and Noida parks found that not only were more people over 40 years exercising, but they were also doing so more regularly.
"This could be because younger people have work and time constraints or could be exercising in other ways, such as working out in the gym," says Dr Ashok Seth, chief cardiologist at Max Heart and Vascular Institute, which got the study done.
The survey also found that most morning walkers were not doing it right. "You need to walk at a certain speed to get cardiovascular benefits that protect the heart, such as brisk walking for 40 minutes or walking on the treadmill at an average speed of 6-7 km/hour," says Dr Seth.
The best indicator for optimal speed for health is trying to talk while walking. "If you can talk easily, you are going too slow. Go at a speed where breathing goes up but you are still able to complete a sentence," says Seth.
When done at the right speed, cardiovascular exercises such as walking and running cuts down the risk of heart disease by 20 per cent.
The survey was done to document health-seeking behaviour of the people in the Capital.
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
Taking a dig at former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, and former Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, after coming out of Patiala Jail, said that those who unleashed vendetta against him are now the “biggest losers and have no political standing”. He said, “The court order has failed all conspiracies against me by Channi, Sidhu, ADGP Harpreet Sidhu and others.”
-
The issue of the restoration of wrongly partitioned and alienated thousands of acres of shamilat deh (village land reserved and used for a common purpose) to gram panchayats in Haryana following a landmark April 7 Supreme Court judgment resonated in the state assembly on Wednesday with the Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda demanding that the state government should file a review petition in the apex court.
-
Rape on pretext of marriage: Ferozepur court orders framing of charges against army major
An army major was booked for raping a woman on pretext of marriage on the orders of a local court on Tuesday night. A 30-year-old woman, a resident of Ferozepur, filed a complaint against the major, who hails from Ludhiana, in the in the court of judicial magistrate first class Balwinder Kaur Dhaliwal saying she had become acquainted with the major in 2016 when he was posted in the district.
-
Sangrur govt schools directed to sell flags, teachers oppose move
The administration has designated all government schools across the district as authorised points for the sale of national flags under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, and allegedly assigned them a target to sell at least 50 flags that are priced at ₹25 each. Teachers' unions have also met district education officers and demanded that the assignment be withdrawn.
-
Sisodia writes to LG seeking CBI probe in MCD “toll tax scam”, MCD calls allegations baseless
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party alleged mismanagement and corruption in toll tax collection by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, state deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday wrote to lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the matter. AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak made similar allegations on Tuesday.
