Posted on 07/24/2025 7:13:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Ten thousand steps works out at roughly five miles or eight kilometers. The precise distance will be different for everyone, varying according to stride length which depends on height, gender and walking speed, with faster walkers tending to take longer strides.
The figure of 10,000 steps can be traced back to a 1960s marketing campaign in Japan. In the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a brand of pedometer was launched called the manpo-kei, which translates as "10,000-step meter".
Dr Ding says this figure was "taken out of context" and became an unofficial guideline, which many fitness trackers and apps continue to recommend.
The Lancet study analysed previous research and data on the health and activity of more than 160,000 adults around the world.
Compared with those who walked 2,000 steps a day, it found that 7,000 steps was linked to reduced risk of:
cardiovascular disease - down 25%
cancer - down 6%
dementia - down 38%
and depression - down 22%
However, the researchers say some figures could be less accurate than others as they are drawn from only a small number of studies.
Overall, their review suggests even modest step counts of around 4,000 steps a day are linked to better health compared to very low activity of just 2,000 steps a day.
For most health conditions, the benefits tended to level off beyond 7,000 steps although there were additional advantages to walking further for the heart.
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Just don’t be a slug.
And yes, can be hard if you work overtime hours in an office and have a long commute.
I love that our kids think we don’t get our exercise in! Do they think these chores get done on their own?
My border collie as she aged did the same thing. She’d follow me and then stop and want to go back home. We also live up a logging road.
Bkmk
yup and with 7000 steps a day you can still hurt plenty of body parts over time so they still get money out of you for foot, ankle, knee, hip, joint or muscle issues from excessive walking, when so many other simple forms of exercise are much. more healthful than just walking is to the body.
It was a little annoying when he did it 200 yards away from a beaver pond that I’d hiked a couple of miles to, to hunt ducks. Either way, he ended up tired, snoozing on the couch, though.
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