Work is health … or not, according to Jawbone

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It is often relevant to be interested in the data revealed by the manufacturers of smart health connected bracelets on the habits of their users. Today, Jawbone analyzes the impacts of long daily journeys on the lives of its users.

Long journeys to work have impacts on sleep

One would suspect, but those who have a long commute to work each morning sleep less than those who have no way to go at all (typically those who work from health home). We learn that those who have more than 25 km (15 miles) to go each morning will go to sleep an average of 28 minutes earlier than others; and get up 51 minutes earlier. This makes for a 24-minute sleep differential between those with a long commute and those working from health home. This necessarily has physiological effects, first and foremost a greater fatigue in everyday life.

More surprisingly, those who get up early in the week keep this habit on weekends, and will rise on average 30 minutes earlier than others.

Effects on physical activity also

A longer commute to work also has an impact on physical activity. Those who have a long way to go will walk an average of 100,000 steps less, over a year, than those with no way to go. That's an average of 274 steps in a day (exclusive calculation Stuffi.com). This difference can be explained by the fact that those who have a shorter commuting distance prefer public transit (requiring a minimum of walking), whereas those with 20 or more kilometers to do more use their vehicles.

No doubt tired of the week, the 'long-commuters' (long way to go) walk on average, on a weekend, 1000 steps less than those with no or little way to go on weekdays. The effects are therefore potentially significant in the long term, the activity differential between the two categories widening, not being even offset by a revival of activity on the weekends.

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