A new research has shown the children who live near parks or play grounds may fight better against childhood obesity and remain active. The findings has demonstrated the probability of a girl to walk to school became doubled and boy’s likelihood to leisure walking increased by 69 percent.

It shows the solid connection between the habit of walking and public open places for recreational activities in the neighborhood.

To increase overall physical activity, dynamic movement is a capable health strategy, the results showed. One of the researchers said that the rate of obesity in childhood and adolescent has been increased by three times which is a high gone up taken as environmental rather than biological.

In the former decades, the use of television, computer, fast means of transportation, and labor-saving devices have made us more inactive. Moreover, the children spend more time at home instead of taking part in outdoor activities which keep them healthy and active. Hence provide a shield against obesity and cardiometabolic risk to children.

In order to make these targets of healthy and active children, metropolitan developments in future will be done by giving more importance to outdoor fun points, parks, and infrastructures for walking or cycling. The issues of well maintenance and safety in these recreational points or parks will also be given the due importance.

The researchers are hopeful that such walking and cycling tracks in the neighborhoods, will help to increase the physical activity of people by making it easier for them to do daily exercise and stay away from increasing obesity rates.