The health and fitness world is full of arbitrary metrics like these, despite the research often saying otherwise. The origin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How can I move more? How can I get more steps into my day? These are questions often asked by people doing sedentary jobs and by ...

Walking 7,000 steps a day may be enough to protect against a number of diseases, a new study suggests. While many people have the goal to get 10,000 steps in their daily routine, some find this target ...

Walking is good for you, but how much should you aim to walk, exactly? The idea that 10,000 steps a day was the golden standard for fitness traces back to a 1960s Japanese marketing campaign. They ...

Are you a step-checker? Do you look at your phone, watch, or other activity tracker a few times a day, to see if you’ve hit the 10,000 steps mark yet? Do you feel guilty if your step count doesn’t ...

A large review study investigating whether you need 10,000 steps a day to lower chronic disease risk finds that health benefits actually level out after 7,000 steps. Most Americans already get 5,000 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — You’ve likely been told you need ...

Daunted by the concept of 10,000 steps? Not to worry, a new study finds that 7,000 might be enough for a host of important health benefits. From cancer to heart disease, the risk of a host of chronic ...

(NEXSTAR) — You’ve likely been told you need to get thousands and thousands of steps a day, causing you to frequently check your smartwatch to make sure you hit that benchmark. If the 10,000 steps ...