Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine · View the paper (DOI)
A study found that increasing daily step count can counteract the health consequences of too much sedentary time. The optimal number of steps per day to achieve this benefit was between 9,000 to 10,000 steps/day, which lowered mortality risk by 39% and incident CVD risk by 21%.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Daily step count of 9,000 to 10,000 may counteract risk of death and cardiovascular disease in highly sedentary people University of Sydney · Mar 5, 2024 · first to report
- Taking 9000 to 10000 steps daily may counteract the risk of death and cardiovascular disease in highly sedentary people BMJ Group · Mar 5, 2024