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New Delhi: Walking is a great form of exercise to improve your overall health and well-being. It can help you lose weight, prevent or manage certain medical conditions such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Now, a study by Standford researchers has found that walking boosts creative thinking.

According to the research, creativitylevels were higher for individuals walking compared to those sitting. The new study found that a persons creative output raised by an average of 60 per cent when walking.

According to the study co-authored by Marily Oppezzo, a Stanford doctoral graduate in educational psychology, and Daniel Schwartz, a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education, walking indoors or outdoors improves creativity levels - consistently and significantly. However, the authors noted that the main factor was walking itself and not the environment.

Many people anecdotally claim they do their best thinking when walking. We finally may be taking a step, or two, toward discovering why, Oppezzo and Schwartz wrote in the study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition.

One of the experiments observed that walking indoors on a treadmill in a room or walking outdoors in the fresh air produced the same creativity results - both outdoor and indoor walkings caused twice as many creative responses than sitting.

I thought walking outside would blow everything out of the water, but walking on a treadmill in a small, boring room still had strong results, which surprised me, said Oppezzo, now an adjunct faculty member at Santa Clara University.

However, the researchers noted that walking appeared to have no link to focused thinking, although it had a positive effect on creative thinking.

This isnt to say that every task at work should be done while simultaneously walking, but those that require a fresh perspective or new ideas would benefit from it, Oppezzo added.

The study comprised of four experiments involving 176 college students and other adults who completed their tasks commonly used by researchers to measure creative thinking.

Sitting down too much puts you at an increased risk of several conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer and early death. Walking is a great activity that can help you burn calories and aid weight loss. According to Mayo Clinic, just adding 30 minutes of brisk walking to your daily routine will help you burn about 150 more calories a day - yet, the faster and longer you walk, the more calories youll burn.

Tips to avoid sitting all day

And heres how to walk more and sit less to maintain weight and stay healthy:

So, keep walking, find ways to stay active wherever you are, but ensure that you eat a healthy, balanced diet for a healthier, fitter, happier and wiser you.

Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purpose only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a dietician before starting any fitness programme or making any changes to your diet.

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