Jogging is so yesteryear. Walking (or as it’s now known, ‘steps’) is the technology-calibrated exercise du jour – and there are many reasons to love it
A new study shows that we can live longer simply by increasing the number of steps we take each day. The study of 3,000 Australians over 15 years showed that a sedentary person who increased their steps from 1,000 to 10,000 steps a day, seven days a week, reduced their mortality risk by 46%.
This is just the latest in a series of studies which show how incredibly powerful the impact of walking is on the human body – against the backdrop of a world-wide craze for pedometers and upping your “steps”.
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