Most of us know by now that 10,000 steps is recommended everywhere as a target to achieve – and yet where did this number actually come from?
— Read on www.inverse.com/mind-body/do-we-really-need-to-walk-10000-steps-a-day
recent research from Harvard Medical School has shown that, on average, approximately 4,400 steps a day is enough to lower the risk of death in women significantly. This was when compared to only walking around 2,700 steps daily. The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was, before leveling off at around 7,500 steps a day.