You may not need as many steps as you thought. Ten thousand steps per day has been widely recommended as the standard benchmark for physical activity — but a new study suggests that just 7,000 could ...

The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation. Research now shows health gains can start with far fewer steps — as low as 2,500 ...

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 ...