5,117 Steps

23 Oct 2010 - People move less and less, and get fatter and fatter. The Western world is affected, but increasingly the phenomena is seen in the East as well, where many people struggle with obesity. Americans do not walk a lot: they prefer the car. The number of steps the average adult Americans walks a day, numbers 5,117 according to a new study. They are outpaced by Australians, Asians and Europeans. Adults in Western Australia average 9,695 steps a day, followed by the Swiss with 9,650. "Five thousand steps is pretty inactive," said David Bassett of the University of Tenessee, the lead author of the study. And just imagine all those mountains those Swiss have to climb while making those steps ...