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More steps a day might keep the doctor away

A study of nearly 5,000 people found a link between higher scores on the step counter and lower death risk over a given time period.
Two older men walk past deckchairs lined up next to a wall by a beach.

No power-walking needed: strolling 8,000 steps a day is associated with health benefits, and 12,000 steps a day is even better. Credit: Alamy

The more steps a person takes each day, the lower their risk seems to be of dying of heart problems, cancer and other diseases — regardless of how intensively they walk.

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Nature 580, 11 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00884-x

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