Perth’s Obesity Problem: Sell Your Cars to Get in Shape

Such an absurd statement to make, with two elements that are completely unrelated being proportioned. Well, you wouldn’t think so, in the beginning. But the relationship between ownership of a vehicle and the health of an individual is highly underrated.

In a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 63% of the population of Australia is obese.
Car sales have been increasing manifold in the last few years.

There could be no relationship, but what if there was?
A vehicle at home is a matter of pride for many when they buy a car for the first time, a few college students drive around as an Uber or Ola ride with their vehicles for some extra pocket money. A lot of households have cars for convenience - rent in Perth is skyrocketing and there has to be something that makes up for it.

This is the reason a lot of residents choose to live in suburbs that are farther away and require a considerable amount of travel to get to their place of work. Cars and other types of conveyance vehicles like minivans, utes, etc., are usually for convenience.

Although we seem to have forgotten that too much of anything is harmful and it's very visible in our research and analysis over the years.
Let’s have a look at reasoning offered by a few of these reports:

If you Have a Car, You Take it Everywhere 


It's no news that once people get themselves a car, it just becomes way easier to get to their destination. Often, it becomes an exploited means of transport for every household. If there’s a store just around the corner, you would want to take your car because it's right there.

This is making you extremely dependent on your vehicle, even though you do not realize it. If you think you have too many groceries to carry, get a cart for yourself. Driving the car instead of walking half a mile is what s leading the countries youth towards obesity.

Owning a Car Increases Your Time Being Seated


What are you doing right now? Scrolling the web? Instagram, Facebook, or Quora, if you’re an intellectual. But you’re definitely sitting somewhere, are at work, or eating lunch. We’re always seated, all the time. Constantly being seated reduces the level of movement in our bodies that are in a constant state of rest.

This degrades our metabolism rate, makes it slower. This also means that your body is burning lesser calories. Sitting is considered to be the new smoking, as we sit for about 8 hours every single day if you have a desk job.

It’s highly unhealthy to be seated for hours altogether without any movement. Most desk-job workers admit to getting up only once or twice in the duration. A car only adds to this duration. Alternatively, if you take public transport, you tend to walk around a little and to get the most out of your time.

Driving Stresses You Out


Not to forget how stressful driving is! Imagine driving in peak hour traffic to get to work. A lot of early-risers try to wake up early to be able to beat the peak-hour morning traffic. Driving causes a lot of anxiety especially if you’re not already confident about driving.

One of our survey-takers mentioned that he isn’t very confident about his driving skills and he ensures that he takes a route that doesn’t involve going through too much traffic. His route takes him an extra fifteen minutes to get to work, and he often ends up very anxious.

Stress, believe it or not, causes an invariant amount of weight gain. If you’re stressed, it could lead to depression and other mental health disorders that lead you to binge eat.

If your car is worthless and taking up space then a simple way would be to sell car for cash to your local dealers.

It Makes You Feel Tired


Yeah, no surprise, right? Right! Adults and teens living in Perth are known to travel an average of 20kms a day, which takes about 40 minutes. 40 minutes on the road, stressing, sitting, probably eating some junk food that you got from a vending machine.

After a long day at work, you just want to get home and crash, don’t you? Most people don’t bother cooking, or eating healthy when they’re tired and hungry.

Canned foods and processed pre-cooked meals are great for us once in a while, when we want to eat out for cheap. But once you make them your meal plan, it causes more weight gain than you would think.


Most of our car owners are hence giving up on their vehicles. To sell your old vehicle, you can get in touch with car removal facilities in Perth who will pick your vehicle up for free, on the same day.

You can also try selling it in private on Gumtree or any other classifieds website.
Get rid of your car in Perth today, and live a better life tomorrow!