Survey Says 53 Percent Indian Women Are Lacking Physical Activity

Survey Says 53 Percent Indian Women Are Lacking Physical Activity

While men and women in India are most part physically inactive, women were found to burn fewer calories than their male counterparts, finds a survey of over one million Indians. The survey titled Physical activity levels of Indians by HealthifyMe, the domestic health and fitness app -- showed that 53 percent of Indian women are “inactive” and burn less than 50 percent of calories that an individual ought to burn through physical activity, daily, as against 44 percent of men.

The average calorie burn budget of Indian men is 476 calories per day vs. women’s 374 calories per day, out of that men burn 55 percent (262) whereas women burn just 44 percent (165). Over 30 percent of men are active, burning quite 80 percent of their calories, and solely 24 percent of women are “active” and 22 percent mildly active.

“It could be a matter of grave concern that just about half all Indians are inactive and burn less than even50 percent of their calorie budget. Inactivity and unhealthy food habits will cause many way diseases like obesity, hypertension, polygenic disorder, and high steroid alcohol,” Tushar Vashisht, Co-founder and CEO, HealthifyMe aforesaid, in an exceedingly statement.

“From our expertise, we are already witnessing a rise of such cases amongst individuals as early as in their 30s. “Everyday physical activity and sensible feeding habits will play a vital role in avoiding and even reversing such diseases. It's time that we start taking ‘working out’ more seriously,” Vashisht aforesaid.

Further, the survey found that Tier one cities continue to be additional active than Tier a pair of cities, burning 407 calories in an exceedingly day versus 371 in Tier a pair of. Bengaluru, Gurugram, and Noida were found as the most fitness acutely aware, whereas Kolkata, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad were the least amount active cities.

The data relies on the activity auto-synced via fitness-bands or smartphone apps yet as self-reported workouts from over one million users, aged between 25 and 35.

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