There’s an easy way to reduce your risk for dementia, heart disease, and cancer: Start walking.
Getting in those recommended 10,000 steps a day makes a real difference, new research affirms, but even fewer will pay big dividends. No matter how many you log, however, step up your pace for the biggest benefit.
For every 2,000 steps you log, up to about 10,000 a day, your risk of early death drops by between 8% and 11%, researchers found.
“So, 10,000 steps maximizes the chances of getting all these benefits, but also for inactive people who can’t engage in so many steps — any steps have benefits — every step counts,” said lead researcher Borja del Pozo Cruz of the Center for Active and Healthy Aging at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense….