It’s become a wellness mantra: Get your steps in. Ideally, 10,000 every day. But how many steps do you really need to reap the health benefits? And what exactly does walking do for your body? New ...

Daunted by the concept of 10,000 steps? Not to worry, a new study finds that 7,000 might be enough for a host of important health benefits. From cancer to heart disease, the risk of a host of chronic ...

Most people treat 10,000 steps a day as common practice for optimum health benefits—but a new study is challenging that. Research analyzing data from over 160,000 adults has provided comprehensive ...

A meta-analysis pooled data on dose-response associations between daily steps and a broad range of health outcomes. Increasing daily step counts above 2,000 was associated with risk reductions in ...

For once, it might be time to step things down. If it feels impossible to make it to 10,000 steps a day — a guideline that comes not from science but a wildly successful 1960s marketing campaign in ...

Previous guidance recommended people walk at least 10,000 steps a day. A new study suggests that walking just 4,000 steps a day, rather than the more widely recommended 10,000 steps a day, could be ...