Daily step counts necessary for health benefits may be less than what was believed earlier, suggests the largest examination on this topic to date. The study, recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, reveals that walking a minimum of 3,967 steps daily can decrease the
Walking at least 3967 steps a day can reduce the risk of death, with each additional 500 to 1000 steps further lowering the risk, according to a large global analysis. Benefits increase even up to 20,000 steps a day, with no identified upper limit for health improvements.
The researchers, led by Maciej Banach, Professor of Cardiology at the Medical University of Lodz, Poland, and Adjunct Professor at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease,, found that even if people walked as many as 20,000 steps a day, the health benefits continued to increase. They have not found an upper limit yet.
Dr. Ibadete Bytyçi from the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, senior author of the paper, says: “Until now, it’s not been clear what is the optimal number of steps, both in terms of the cut-off points over which we can start to see health benefits, and the upper limit, if any, and the role this plays in people’s health.
In people aged 60 years or older, the size of the reduction in risk of death was smaller than that seen in people aged younger than 60 years. In the older adults, there was a 42% reduction in risk seen in those who walked between 6,000 and 10,000 steps a day, while there was a 49% reduction in risk in younger adults who walked between 7,000 and 13,000 steps a day.
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