Experts from Australia, Norway and Spain determined that Performing 7 thousand Steps daily, compared to 2,000, were associated with a lower risk of dementia by 38 percent, cardiovascular diseases by 25 %, depression by 22 %, and cancers by 6 % The authors of the publication stipulated, however, that some of the results may be less precise, because it is based on a limited number of previous analyzes.
Research also shows that even moderate activity – about 4,000 Steps a day – promotes better health in combination with very low activity (2,000 steps). Additionally Crossing the threshold of 7,000 Steps brought further benefits to the heart.
The BBC reminded that the applicable recommendations for exercises apply primarily to the time spent on movement, and not to the number of steps. For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends adults a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week or 75 minutes of high -intensity activity.
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Where did the idea that 10,000 should be done Steps a day?
As emphasized by Dr. Melody Ding from the University of Sydney, “The belief that you should take 10,000 steps a day, there is no support in scientific evidence”. This number is derived from the Japanese marketing campaign from the 1960s. Just before the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, a pastener called Manpo-Kei was introduced there, which means “a meter of 10,000 steps”. According to the researcher, this arbitrary value was “torn out of context” and for years functioned as an unofficial standard, reproduced, among others in fitness applications.
In turn, Dr. Andrew Scott, a physiologist at the University of Portsmouth, confirms that the number of steps is not decisive. According to him, “more steps are always better than less”. At the same time, he points out that people should not feel pressure if they fail to achieve the assumed steps of the day.
Marta Słupska, journalist of Wirtualna Polska
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