Making better health a contest could encourage more people to improve
their lifestyle. That’s the conclusion after a worldwide competition
with office workers who wore pedometers. On average, the workers
increased their daily activity by 3,500 steps, reduced sitting time by
about 45 minutes a day and lost weight. Source Link
If
you want to gauge your heart health, step off the scale and pick up a
tape measure. Researchers found that a growing waist size was a stronger
predictor of serious heart disease than body weight or body mass index.
Abdominal fat produces more inflammatory substances that have been
linked with heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Source Link
Robot
drivers are just as upset about the condition of America's roads as we
humans are. Makers of new self-driving cars say our crumbling
infrastructure interferes with systems that keep driverless cars on the
straight and narrow. Cracked pavement and missing lane markings are big
problems for cars that steer themselves. Source Link
