Experts now suggest that simply hitting 10,000 steps daily doesn't guarantee weight loss or improved health. Personalized ...

Japanese influencers have taken to promoting a "new" type of walking that they argue, based on science, is more productive than simply taking 10,000 steps a day. Known on the net as "Japanese walking" ...

I’ll start this article with a strong caveat — I’m not a personal trainer or a walking coach, I’m a fitness editor and enthusiast, who reviews gear and tests new workouts for a living. Like the rest ...

It’s 2025, and walking 10,000 steps a day is one of the most popular fitness goals on the planet. The scientific rationale is dubious – research suggests that doing 7,000 to 8,000 steps a day offers ...

Walking 7,000 steps a day can cut your risk of dementia by 38%. Even small increases—from 2,000 to 4,000 steps—offer meaningful health benefits. You don’t need a fitness tracker or perfect ...

CHICAGO — It’s been drilled into our brains —10,000 steps a day to better health. There is science behind the number. But when Australian researchers took a closer look at when the benefits of walking ...

Most people treat 10,000 steps a day as common practice for optimum health benefits—but a new study is challenging that. Research analyzing data from over 160,000 adults has provided comprehensive ...

Extending the length of your daily walks can benefit your heart, new research suggests. In a study conducted among healthy adults, people who accumulated most of their daily steps in bouts of 15 ...

You’ve probably heard this one a few times before: Research suggests that exercise is linked to a longer life. What’s more surprising is that a tiny amount of activity could have a noticeable effect, ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, an epidemiologist reveals how much you need to walk a day to protect your brain's health, based on his own research.