Grenada: A study found that walking 2,700 steps per day reduced the risk of early death or heart attack or stroke.
The study, led by researchers at the University of Granada (Granada) in Spain, reviewed 12 international studies that linked daily steps taken by more than 110,000 people to all-cause mortality. The effect was examined.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that participants who walked 2,517 steps per day were eight percent less likely to die prematurely than those who walked 2,000 steps. Whereas those who walked 2,735 steps had an 11 percent lower chance of dying from cardiovascular disease.
However, the study found that the more steps one walked, the more beneficial it was.
People who walked 8,763 steps per day were found to have a 60 percent lower chance of premature death. Whereas in people who walked 7126 steps per day, there was a 51 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease.
The study found that the association between steps before death and cardiovascular disease was similar in men and women. However, brisk walking was associated with a reduction in premature death.
Professor Francesco Otega, lead author of the study, said that people believed that walking 10,000 steps was necessary to achieve health benefits, but this had no basis in science. There is nothing wrong with walking more. Research shows that walking 16,000 steps a day does not pose any risk.
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