Car Commuters Gain More Weight

Among people in the study who got at least two and a half hours of weekly exercise, car commuters gained an average of four pounds over four years — one pound more than people who got to work another way or worked from home. Of 822 study participants, only those who got enough weekly exercise and never drove to work managed to stave off any weight gain over the course of the study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, online January 8, 2013