Running is Better Than Walking - Researchers

Walking and running are the most physical activity for many adults. But whether one is peferable to the other in terms of health has long been debated. Now various studies pointed that running directly against walking are providing some answers. Their Conclusion? It is depends upon what you hoping to accomplish.

If for Instance, you are looking to control your weight and shallowly or not, I am - running wins, going away. In a study published last month in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, unambiguously titled "Greater Weight Loss From Running than Walking", Researchers combed survey data from 15,237 walkers and 32,215 runners enrolled in the National Runners and Walkers Health study - a large survey being conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, United States of America.

Participants were asked both their weights, waist circumference, diets and typical weekely walking or running mileage both when they joined the study and then again up to six years later.

The runners almost uniformly were thinner than the walkers when each joined the study. And they stayed that way throught. Over the years, the runners maintained their body mass and waistlines far better than walkers.

Why running should better aid weight management than walking is not altogether clear. It might seem obvious that running, being more strenuous than walking, burns more calories per hour. And its proved now.

Thus the walking is provided bad results than the running. So please we advise the person who is do walking can jump to running and keep your body fit and get more calories.