Health/Fitness Statisitics


Statistics

-1.2 billion 8 oz. servings of Coke are consumed daily around the world.

-13,000 beverages are consumed a second. If you do the math, that is 1,123,200,000 a day

-You typically breathe seven quarts of air every minute

-The average person walk 70,000 miles during their lifetime

-A pound of fat takes 3500 calories to burn

-Muscle is 3 times more efficient at burning calories than fat

-A pound of muscle will burn six calories at rest while a pound of fat will burn only 2 calories

-Did you know that for every 1 lb. Of muscle you gain, your body burns an extra 50 calories/day

-Did you know that even our hearts take a break? It rests between each beat and over a normal life span, it stands still for about 20 years.
-Did you know that participating in physical fitness activities for only up to 7 hours a week lowers you risk of an early death by 40% compared to people who are less active?

-Did you know that if you are 5 pounds overweight, you have almost 5,000 extra miles of blood vessels through which the heart must pump blood?

-Did you know that muscles are comprised of muscle fibers, each one of these fibers is thinner than a human hair and can support up to 1000 times its original weight?

-Did you know that the body has an estimated 60,000 miles of blood vessels which also performs as strict regulators of the body’s environment?

-How much money would the average 40+ male save each year in medical expenses with regular exercise? $949

-25% of people aged 20-39 skip breakfast on a daily basis

-if a person’s lifestyle is not healthy at all it could cut your life by 12 years

-when you laugh you increase energy by 10-20 percent

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