O n average, Americans take just under 5,000 steps a day. It’s a concerning number, given that public-health researchers ...

A new study found that walking for longer stretches at a time, ie. for 10 minutes or more, was associated with a lower risk ...

Adults who logged fewer than 5,000 steps a day saw the greatest health benefits from one longer walk a day, as opposed to ...

Other studies show you don’t need to hit 10,000 to see improvements, either. Some research suggests that walking around 7,000 ...

Walking for 10–15 minutes without breaks helps the heart more than short walks. Longer, steady walks improve blood flow.

A new analysis is one of the first to study whether spacing steps out or consolidating them was linked to better health ...

A new study finds that walking 4,000 steps once or twice a week can lower heart disease and death risk especially in older ...

People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular ...

An international study led by experts at the University of Sydney and the Universidad Europea in Spain has found that longer ...