Miles better

Forget the sports club - if you're a buggy-pushing nanny, you may already be doing the equivalent of a half-marathon a week. A survey for baby buggy manufacturers Maclaren found that women at the handles walked for an average of seven hours a week doing the rounds with a baby or toddler. One mother who was lent a pedometer for the survey said, 'I don't really think of it as exercise but now that I know how far I walk and the calories I burn, it's probably better than a visit to the gym.'