For once, it might be time to step things down. If it feels impossible to make it to 10,000 steps a day — a guideline that comes not from science but a wildly successful 1960s marketing campaign in ...

New research challenges the common idea that people need to reach a threshold of 10,000 steps per day to improve their health. Walking just 4,000 steps per day is associated with a lower risk of death ...

Does the popular activity benchmark of walking 10,000 steps a day feel like too distant of a goal? Don’t worry, you can get health benefits just by moving a little more than you already are, new ...

Most of us have heard you need 10,000 steps a day to stave off health problems, but new research is finding that number is not necessary — though more is always better. How many steps should you take ...