People who use public transit are three times more likely to meet fitness guidelines than those who don't, say researchers at the University of British Columbia.
The survey also suggests the more people drove their cars, the less likely they were to get their 30 minutes of daily physical activity.
"The idea of needing to go to the gym to get your daily dose of exercise is a misperception," associate professor Lawrence Frank, who teaches community and regional planning, said in a release. "These short walks throughout our day are historically how we have gotten our activity. Unfortunately, we've engineered this activity out of our daily lives."
Report: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v30/nS1/full/jphp200852a.html
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