New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabadhave emerged as the most fitness conscious cities in thecountry, with people burning up to 340 calories per day andworking out at least 10 days a month, says a report.
On the other hand, Kolkata, Lucknow and Ahmedabad are thelaziest cities, with those living there burning much lessercalories and working out less than four days a month on anaverage, according to the report by mobile health and fitnessplatform Healthifyme.
The study said more than 45 per cent people in Gurugram,Noida and Ghaziabad run daily, clocking over 4,700 steps eachday, compared to sub-4,300 average for the rest of the cities.
"The data has been sourced from our 3.6 million usersspread across over 220 cities in India and their 150 millionfood logs and 50 million workout logs," Healthifyme Founderand CEO Tushar Vasisht said.
While the women in Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Lucknow arealmost as active as the rest of the country, it is the men whopull these cities down, burning 35 per cent lesser caloriesthan the national average, the report said.
In terms of gender divide, Indian men are more activethan women, the report stated, adding that men are morepersistent, working out for an average of 14 days a monthwhile women work out for 11 days.
With regard to the pattern of exercise, while men prefermore intense workouts that burn more calories such as push-upsand bicycling, women opt for more passive workouts such asyoga and more specifically surya namaskar.
"Each year I continue to be amazed at the surge inpassion for health and fitness when the new year dawns,"Vasisht said.
People from metro cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai,Bengaluru and Chennai, among others, are a lot more activethan the rest of the country, the report said.
It added that people in non-metros perform low intensityworkouts such as walking while the metro citizens preferintense workouts such as running, swimming and push-ups. PTIPRJABM.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.