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For Mortality, Busting the Myth of 10 000 Steps per Day

Author/s: 
Abbasi, J.
Date Added: 
July 25, 2019
Journal/Publication: 
Journal of the American Medical Association
Publisher: 
The American Medical Association
Publication Date: 
July 24, 2019
URL: 
For Mortality, Busting the Myth of 10 000 Steps per Day
Type: 
Clinical Research Results
Format: 
Article
DOI (1): 
10.1001/jama.2019.10042
Keywords 
Goals
Walking
Woman
Health
exercise

RPR Commentary

For patients who are counting their daily steps, this new information suggests that 7,500 may be enough.  James W. Mold, MD, MPH

Abstract

When it comes to living longer, reaching the oft-repeated goal of 10 000 steps per day may not be necessary. Older women who walked more than their peers had lower death rates in a recent observational study in JAMA Internal Medicine, and the mortality benefit was seen with as few as 4400 steps.

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