Walking 10,000 steps a day can cut risk of early death - even if you sit all day, study finds
dailyrecord.co.ukA study has found that walking can 'lower the risk of heart disease and early death', even if it's the only exercise you do.
The research suggests that walking up to 10,000 steps per day can reduce these risks, even if people spend most of their day sitting down.It was previously unclear whether walking could counteract the effects of sitting for long periods.
This new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, discovered that every extra step above 2,200 steps per day - up to around 10,000 - reduces these risks, no matter how much time is spent sitting.The study found that those who took between 9,000 to 10,500 steps per day had the lowest risk of early death.
To avoid stroke and heart attack, the lowest risks were found in people taking around 9,700 steps a day.For this study, experts from the University of Sydney used UK Biobank data from 72,174 people who were aged around 61.
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