A new study has observed that walking or cycling to work can improve
people’s mental health as compared to driving. The study conducted by
University of East Anglia and the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)
showed that people who stopped driving and started walking or cycling to work
benefited from improved wellbeing.
A new study has observed that walking or cycling to work can improve
people’s mental health as compared to driving. The study conducted by
University of East Anglia and the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)
showed that people who stopped driving and started walking or cycling to work
benefited from improved wellbeing.
Lead researcher Adam Martin, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said
that one surprising finding was that commuters reported feeling better when
travelling by public transport, compared to driving. The research team studied
18 years of data on almost 18,000 18-65-year-old commuters in Britain. Martin
continued that their study showed that the longer people spend commuting in
cars, the worse their psychological wellbeing and correspondingly, people felt
better when they had a longer walk to work.
The data allowed the researchers to
look at multiple aspects of psychological health including feelings of
worthlessness, unhappiness, sleepless nights, and being unable to face
problems. The researchers also accounted for numerous factors known to affect
wellbeing, including income, having children, moving house or job, and
relationship changes.
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