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The idea of walking 10,000 steps a day dates back to 1965, when a Japanese company launched a pedometer called “Manpo-kei”, ...

At just 7,000 steps a day, research suggests you can lower your risk of several health issues, including death from any cause ...

A pilot scheme is effectively seeing doctors prescribe an app – specifically one which measures the number of steps patients walk, with each person being prescribed a personal target. At the end of ...

Other studies show you don’t need to hit 10,000 to see improvements, either. Some research suggests that walking around 7,000 ...

Walking for 10–15 minutes without breaks helps the heart more than short walks. Longer, steady walks improve blood flow.

Walking offers a host of benefits from lowering stress and anxiety levels, to amping up heart health and revving up your metabolism. This study shows walking for 30 minutes 5 times per week helped ...