Walking every day — even if it's just regular walking, not exercise — is linked to living longer for older women.

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Association between frequency of meeting daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease in older women

Cohort Study

Human

2025 Dec 29

The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Human

2023 Dec 21

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Older women who walk about 4,400 steps a day tend to live longer than those who walk only 2,700 steps. More walking is linked to lower risk of dying from any cause.

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Walking about 7,500 steps a day helps older women live longer, but walking more than that doesn’t seem to add any extra benefit.

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For older women, walking faster or with more intensity doesn't seem to lower the risk of death more than just hitting a total number of steps per day.

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Older people who take more steps every day—like walking around their neighborhood—live longer, and every extra 1,000 steps makes a noticeable difference.

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For women who’ve gone through menopause and survived cancer, moving more every day — like walking or doing light exercise — seems to help them live longer. Every extra 96 minutes of movement a day is linked to an 11% lower chance of dying from any cause.

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