Older women who walk about 4,400 steps a day tend to live longer than those who walk only 2,700 steps, and walking more helps up to about 7,500 steps — after that, walking even more doesn’t seem to lower the risk of dying any further.

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Association of Step Volume and Intensity With All-Cause Mortality in Older Women.

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2019 Aug 1

The study found that older women who walked about 4400 steps a day had lower death rates than those who walked about 2700 steps, and more steps helped up to around 7500, after which extra steps didn’t help more.

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Association of Step Volume and Intensity With All-Cause Mortality in Older Women.

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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0899

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