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Funky foot facts

By 12, a child’s foot is about 90 per cent of its adult length.
Cigarette smoking is the biggest cause of Peripheral Vascular Disease. PVD often leads to pain on walking, ulceration, infection and in severe cases - gangrene and possible amputation.
Foot disorders in the elderly are extremely common and are the cause of much pain and disability, and consequent loss of mobility and independence.
Around 40 per cent of Kiwis will experience some form of foot problems in their lifetime.
The first foot coverings were probably animal skins, which Stone Age peoples in northern Europe and Asia tied around their ankles in cold weather.
In a pair of feet there are 250,000 sweat glands that produces approximately 500ml of perspiration daily.
It’s rare that two feet are exactly the same; one of them is often larger than the other.
When walking, your heel lifts off the ground and it forces the toes to carry one half of your body weight.
A quarter of all the body’s bones are in the feet (There are 52 bones in a pair of feet).
The average child will take its first steps around 13-17 months - but 10-18 months falls within the “normal” range.
A quarter of all the body’s bones are in the feet. (There are 52 bones in a pair of feet).
The average person will walk around 128,000kms in a life time or 3 times around the earth.