A 2016 research paper found walking 10,000 steps per day can lower body fat percentage, reduce anxiety, depression and ...

How many steps have you taken today? Most of us have been confronted by that question at some point in our lives, and many of us use our step count as a metric to gauge how active we are. For years we ...

I’m a fitness editor who walks at least 10,000 steps a day. Here are my favorite walking shoes, step-tracking watch and other gear I use to keep moving without any pain.

When it comes to setting a daily step count goal, 10,000 is the one most people default to. If you have a wearable, chances are it’s the goal that was pre-programmed for you and you get the digital ...

Walking is good for you, but how much should you aim to walk, exactly? The idea that 10,000 steps a day was the golden standard for fitness traces back to a 1960s Japanese marketing campaign. They ...

How many steps do you really need to take in a day to stay healthy? While we are often told that 10,000 steps is the gold standard for a healthy lifestyle, reaching this target can be no easy feat.

The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation. Research now shows health gains can start with far fewer steps — as low as 2,500 ...

A new meta-analysis (Bizzozero-Peroni et al., 2024) published in JAMA Network Open highlights the mental health benefits of walking. This study shows that higher daily step counts are linked to fewer ...

Daunted by the concept of 10,000 steps? Not to worry, a new study finds that 7,000 might be enough for a host of important health benefits. From cancer to heart disease, the risk of a host of chronic ...