Many people engage in exercise, diets, etc with a primary goal of accruing a health benefit. The purpose of this page is to help make these decisions be more consistent. It is foolish to ride a motorcycle across town without a helmet for the express purpose of going to a gym to exercise.
| Activity | Walking equivalent | Range of estimates | Notes/comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| one cigarette | 1/4 mile | 100 yards to 1/2 mile | science and ACS disagree |
| Living in a house with a high radon level | 500 yards | ? | Don't know? You can get your home tested for about $20. [Federal researchers] |
| Removing Radon from your house | 1000 miles | ? | One time advantage. [Federal researchers] |
| left handed | about zero | ? ? | A study incorrectly reported a value of about 10 miles per day. This was due to faulty statistics. |
| 1 inch taller | about zero | ? ? | A study incorrectly reported that for each inch taller you were, you died 1 year earlier. This would give a value of about 2? miles per day. This was due to the same faulty statistics as the left handed example. |