Laziest nation?

[scott h]

thoughts?

• Philippines was named the 4th laziest country in the world
• Filipinos’ daily average steps is 4,008

http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/philippines-is-the-4th-laziest-country-in-the-world-study-says/ar-AAslAg5?li=AAb2fpp&ocid=spartanntp

 

[Castaway]

6 minutes ago, scott h said:

thoughts?

[mogo51]

11 minutes ago, scott h said:

thoughts?

• Philippines was named the 4th laziest country in the world
• Filipinos’ daily average steps is 4,008

http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/philippines-is-the-4th-laziest-country-in-the-world-study-says/ar-AAslAg5?li=AAb2fpp&ocid=spartanntp

 

Interesting Scott, probably agree, but was surprised at the number of Asian countries in the figures.

[Mike J]

I see a number of "issues" with the accuracy of the study.

1.  Are "steps" really an accurate measure of the overall activity of a population.

2.  In a hot humid climate it make sense that people are less likely to walk than in a cooler climate.

3.  The study was based on the use of cell phones that contain GPS accelerators.  People that cannot afford a cell phone of this quality are less likely to afford public transportation and more likely to walk.  Any results would really suffer from a financial bias.

If the people who did this "study" actually came here and "studied" the people, the results may have been quite different.  I am always amazed at the number of people that I see walking, especially when in Cebu City.  How many countries have street vendors who spend the entire day walking through intersections trying to sell water, cigarettes, fruit, etc?  How many countries have men carrying a chairs or other furniture for kilometer after kilometer hoping to find a buyer?   

[OnMyWay]

2 hours ago, Mike J said:

I see a number of "issues" with the accuracy of the study.

Yes, it is BS.

Climate also plays a part.  Hong Kong has climate good for walking in many months and has good mass transit systems that people walk to.  Philippines is hot and humid and the transit system is basically a "hop on, hop off" system that you get on anywhere.

[sonjack2847]

2 hours ago, Mike J said:

If the people who did this "study" actually came here and "studied" the people, the results may have been quite different.  I am always amazed at the number of people that I see walking, especially when in Cebu City.  How many countries have street vendors who spend the entire day walking through intersections trying to sell water, cigarettes, fruit, etc?  How many countries have men carrying a chairs or other furniture for kilometer after kilometer hoping to find a buyer?   

Exactly I see a man on a peddle trike collect scrap metal and he has to push it from just after Hypermart until Valencia which I see him doing quite often and that is a distance of about 6 KM.There is another man I see selling honey and he walks many miles each time he goes out.Not a very good survey at all.Funny isn`t it the survey was conducted by people sitting behind a computer so who is lazy haha

[Reboot]

5 hours ago, scott h said:

thoughts?

• Philippines was named the 4th laziest country in the world
• Filipinos’ daily average steps is 4,008

http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/philippines-is-the-4th-laziest-country-in-the-world-study-says/ar-AAslAg5?li=AAb2fpp&ocid=spartanntp

 

Explains all the sleeping, maybe?

I kid, I kid!

[Reboot]

5 hours ago, scott h said:

thoughts?

• Philippines was named the 4th laziest country in the world
• Filipinos’ daily average steps is 4,008

http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/philippines-is-the-4th-laziest-country-in-the-world-study-says/ar-AAslAg5?li=AAb2fpp&ocid=spartanntp

 

But seriously..coincidence? I think not!

http://cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2015/03/23/pinoys-among-the-worlds-happiest.html

[Clermont]

No one mentioned the school kids walking for miles to school and back nor the farmers ploughing their paddocks behind wheel tractors. That's only a couple, think on it and it might surprise you how many more occupations that require walking and manual work. But: here it is, there are a lot of lazy buggers too, so in all fairness not much different from the rest of the world.

[Snowy79]

I can vouch for my on the way out partner getting some exercise. She chased me around Sabang this morning then followed me to Cavite. I finally lost her by running along the road for about a mile with her chasing after me screaming. She eventually gave up but not before I was soaking in sweat.