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Higher step count promotes longevity for obvious reasons, but researchers have yet to determine how many steps per day you actually need to fight each individual disease. However, a new study sheds light on this question.
“The results show that step counting may be the key to preventing some common chronic diseases, such as hypertension. The intensity and number of daily steps reduce the risk of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and sleep apnea,” family doctor Tatiana Zakharova says specifically for MedikForum .
For their study, the researchers analyzed the health data of more than 6,000 participants over four years. Participants ranged in age from 41 to 67 years and had body mass indices between 24.3 and 32.9.
Walking daily significantly reduces the risk of early death
“The fact that a strong association was found between steps and disease in this active sample suggests that even strong associations may exist in a more sedentary population.”
Achieving more than 8200 steps per day protects against obesity, sleep, gastroesophageal disease, and major depressive disorder.
Overweight people can reduce their risk of obesity by 64 percent if they increase their number of steps per day from 6,000 to 11,000.
2,000 steps a day reduce risk of death
The risk decreased for most conditions as the number of steps taken increased, with the exception of hypertension and diabetes. In both cases, the risk no longer decreased after the participants reached 8,000 to 9,000 steps per day.
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