Calorie Burn : People are not getting time to exercise or do yoga in work and busy lifestyle throughout the day. Many people are not able to walk even on foot. Instead of walking from office to shopping mall and railway station, a lift-eskalator is being used. Lift and escalator is also used in the metro. Due to which diseases like obesity are increasing.
Keeping this in mind, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has taken a wonderful initiative. People are being motivated to use stairs more by installing calorie counter indicators at metro stations. Calorie counter will tell on every step how many calories have been burnt.
Where are the calorie counters installed so far
1. Rajiv Chowk
2. Central Secretariat
3. Patel Chowk
4. Barakhambha Road
5. Supreme Court Metro Station
What is the purpose of Delhi Metro
DMRC says that these indicators have been installed to promote the habit of staying healthy, so that the passengers climb more and more stairs and keep themselves feet. Climbing the stairs keeps the health of the heart healthy. Carbon footprint will also be reduced due to reduced use of escalator. This initiative has been taken under the lifestyle for environmental initiative of the Ministry of Environment. Gradually, calorie counters will also be installed at the rest of the metro station.
What do health experts do
Doctors are praising this initiative of the metro. He says that nowadays physical activities have reduced. Due to poor catering and not exercising, the problem of obesity is increasing rapidly, which is causing many diseases. Due to this, the risk of diseases like heart disease, cancer is increasing. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also warned people about obesity. Now this initiative of the metro is very good.
How many calories will be burnt by climbing the stairs
Health experts say that when climbing a ladder, there is up to 0.21 kg of calories. In this way, if someone climbs only 10 stairs daily, then it can burn 2.14 kg. Climbing more ladders than this, calories will be burnt accordingly.
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