For his thesis, Patrik Wennberg from Umeå university studied the effects of commuting and other activities on heart disease. He concludes: 'A clearly increased risk of myocardial infarction was found for car commuting compared to active commuting (walking, cycling or going by bus).'
Motorists die 'faster'
A doctoral thesis from Sweden suggests that car commuters die younger than those who walk, cycle or go to work by bus.