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10,000 steps The fitness goal of 10,000 steps a day is widely promoted, but a new study suggests that logging even 7,000 daily steps may go a long way toward better health.
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Learn More »The fitness goal of 10,000 steps a day is widely promoted, but a new study suggests that logging even 7,000 daily steps may go a long way toward better health. Middle-age people who walked at least 7,000 steps a day on average were 50 percent to 70 percent less likely to die of any cause over the next decade, compared with those who took fewer steps. Lower risk of premature death was observed for both women and men, Black and white, who took 7,000 steps or more, according to results published this month in JAMA Network Open. "We saw that you can get a lot of benefit from 7,000 steps," said study author Amanda Paluch, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The study involved 2,110 adults ages 38 to 50 who in 2005 and 2006 wore a device called an accelerometer for about a week to track their steps. During the follow-up period, which averaged almost 11 years, 72 of the participants died, most commonly from cancer or heart disease. In analyzing the data, the researchers controlled for body mass index, smoking and other factors that could have affected the findings. Results showed that people appeared to gain more health benefits the more steps they took, with the greatest statistically significant reduction in mortality risk between 7,000 and 10,000 steps, Paluch said. After that, the benefits leveled off. There was no relationship between step intensity, or speed, and mortality. "So really, what we're seeing is there's an incremental risk reduction in mortality up to a certain point," Paluch said. "So for those who are getting, say, 4,000 steps, getting to 5,000 steps could have a benefit and then working your way up." Paluch said the new findings are in line with other research that suggests significant health benefits below the often-cited 10,000-step mark — which was never an evidence-based magical number but rather a marketing tool for a Japanese pedometer that came out in the 1960s.
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Learn More »"I would like to emphasize that this is a range. It is not how little can I do," he said. "People really should be striving for more rather than less." Kraus said a range of 7,000 to 13,000 daily steps fits in with the federal guidelines, which say that to gain substantial health benefits, adults should do at least 150 to 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes a week of vigorous physical activity or an equivalent combination. For the average adult, taking 2,000 steps equals about 1 mile, depending on one's stride. Estimates show that people may get as many as 5,000 steps a day just going about regular activities of daily living. People who sit a lot and don't accrue many steps in daily life are likely to need to work harder to fit in enough activity, Kraus said.
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