Healthy Aging News and Research ⇒ STUDY: Walking 5,000-7,000 steps each day is enough for greater longevity

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Benefits to longevity of walking hit a plateau at around 5,000 to 7,000 steps per day for older Japanese people, a study has found.

This is equivalent to about an hour of walking, which the team says is the optimal duration for Japanese people’s longevity.

For those who walked fewer than 5,000 steps per day, an extra 1,000 steps lowered their death risk by 23%. This translates to an increase of nine to 10 months in their life span.

For those with frailty, walking fewer than 5,000 steps per day had almost no impact on their death risk, while walking more than that reduced their death risk significantly.

Full Study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.14234

[TedB]

This is interesting. I think i will get a smart watch to track my steps. I think i do a few thousand any way.