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10,000 Steps Daily, is it based on fact?

By / May 12, 2022 / , / 0 Comments

We’ve all heard the “10,000 steps a day” goal, but is it valid?  It originated in 1965 when a Japanese company wanted to market a pedometer and used it as a marketing tool.  In 2019, Harvard Medical School published an article in JAMA Internal Medicine that can be found at https://bit.ly/JAMA10Ksteps.  They determined that mortality rates progressively improved up to about 7,500 steps a day and then leveled off.  So, don’t beat yourself up if you’re not getting to the magical 10,000 steps, 7,500 steps may be just as good!