In 2022, more than half of adults, 58.7 percent, walked for leisure in the past seven days, and 16.2 percent walked for transportation. This information was shared in a recent report by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Ph.D., and Elizabeth M. Briones, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, analyzed data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. They wanted to understand how many adults walked for leisure and transportation in the past week.