Walking is known to be beneficial for health but these days the number of people walking has reduced a lot. What are the reasons for this? What can be done to tackle this problem?

It is a well-known fact that the physical activity,

such

as walking, contributes to the healthy

life

,

however

, recent statistics shows that the number of people who frequently walk has dropped significantly over the past couple decades.

This

essay will analyse the

reasons

of

such

trend, and will give some mitigation ways to the status quo.

Firstly

, everyone admits that the modern lifestyle is closely linked to using the

cars

on a daily basis in order to get to the places.

For instance

, it is hard to imagine a parent dropping off a child at school, and peacefully walking to work without being late. Using private

cars

to be on time while running errands is

one

of the main

reasons

why modern society walks less. A solution to add more steps in a day steps count is to use public

transportation

, which I available to the population. In order to catch a bus or a subway car,

one

needs to walk to the bus or subway station. Public

transportation

hubs are usually situated close enough to the most common destinations within the city, but they are not too close to each other – so there is a balance between walking to the hub and riding the public transport for a person to get a good amount of walking and physical exercise. Another paramount cause of less walking activity is the lack of promotion of a healthy

life

style in

media

.

In other words

– it is not a secret that the young generation is influenced hugely by the bloggers and entertainers on social

media

. If

one

scrolls down on

one

of the most famous person’s feeds – all he / she will see is the expensive

cars

, parties and almost no physical activity whatsoever. The best way to resolve

this

growing issue is to promote walking through social

media

. Government can launch a campaign to ask the

media

influencers to post more videos and stories of them being a part of mas walking events and so forth. To sum up, there are a lot of

reasons

why people walk less nowadays. Main of the

reasons

are the pace of contemporary

life

, which makes the nation use private

cars

, and unpopularity of walking on social

media

.

Nevertheless

, there are worth-a-try solutions:

firstly

- using the public

transportation

in everyday

life

,

thus

increasing the walking distance to and from the

transportation

hubs and destinations;

secondly

promoting walking on social

media

and through influencers.