I'm Number 1...heh heh
According to data collected from the annual Health Surveys for England between 1997 and 2006, rich old white people are more likely to participate in sporting activities than other demographic groups.
Even worse, the fitness participation gap between rich and poor, black and white, old and young appears to be growing wider.
So it seems that while more and more lily-white baby boomers are trying to get fit, the rest of the general population is getting fatter and lazier.
Fountain of youth or Growth Hormone face?
I am sure that there are lots of socio-economic reasons for these results, but this survey paints a very strange picture of our healthcare future.
Thanks and respect to BMJ-British Medical Journal, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS for the original article.
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Hi DR, I hate to say it, but Sly’s looking a little long in the chin compared to how he used to look? I am wondering if he’s also buying larger shoes…
Sly is gradually morphing into Andre the Giant
and ahhhnold? where’s his pic? (*wink*)
I suspect that physical fitness is more of a priority for higher-income and higher-intelligence people, regardless of race or ethnicity.
-Steve
What demographic has the most time on their hands?
According to Nobel Prize-winning behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman, people who make less than $20,000 a year spend more than a third of their time in passive leisure — watching television, for example.
Those making more than $100,000 spent less than one-fifth of their time in this way — putting their legs up and relaxing.
Wow, Sly looks kind of freaky!
Hopefully, those results you mentioned won’t continue or we will be in even bigger trouble than we already are with the obesity epidemic.
That’s exactly right, Gabrielle. No need to food shop, clean or launder! And regarding “passive leisure,” how many poor people can afford anything but TV?