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Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? Here’s what the science says.

Getting in 9,000 to 10,000 daily steps cuts risk of death by more than a third and reduced cardiovascular disease risk by at least 20 percent, but even smaller increases showed benefits, researchers ...
Women's Health

Science Just Officially Confirmed That The 10,000 Steps Rule Is Outdated

Here's what experts say about the 10k number and how this applies to your life. Now, a new scientific analysis in The Lancet Public Health officially confirms that this lofty steps count goal isn’t ...
Science Daily

7000 steps a day cuts death risk by 47%—and that might be all you need

Walking 7000 steps a day may be just as powerful as hitting the much-hyped 10,000-step goal when it comes to reducing the risk of early death and disease. A sweeping global review of 57 studies shows ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Alzheimer’s Disease: Modeling the Effect of Daily Steps ()

Gregory, J.M. (2026) Alzheimer’s Disease: Modeling the Effect of Daily Steps . Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 16, 47-62. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2026.162002 .
BMJ

Do the associations of daily steps with mortality and incident cardiovascular disease differ by sedentary time levels? A device-based cohort study

4 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Chile 5 Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, ...