The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis to investigate this. The study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, found that walking at least 3967 steps a day started to reduce the risk of dying from any cause, and 2337 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease).

World’s largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps

  • Scripter_Lizard@programming.dev
    4·
    1 year ago

    Well it’s a good thing my car broke I guess. I can’t replace it so I’ve been walking to work. To be honest I’m not sure if I would replace it even if I could.

  • SoNick@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    It’s good to be active, but this sounds like a massive case of not understanding that correlation does not equal causation.

  • ferretEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    A shame, really. I quite enjoy walking.