Apr 01, 2024 - BBC News - Does it really take 10,000 steps to stay healthy?

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1. We've all seen numerous articles and studies claiming the benefits of step count with rather different figures, so what is the truth behind walking and health? How many daily steps should we be doing?

2. We should think of studies not as the latest study is the best, but we should think of studies as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. They all say something, but you need to put them all together and look at them in totality.

3. I believe that the totality of evidence indicates two important things. First, that any stepping is good. And second, the more you do, the better you are. up to a certain point.

4. This certain point may differ according to your age. Among individuals who are younger than 60 years of age, the point of maximum benefit appears to be somewhere between 8 and 10,000 steps a day. Among those 60 and older, the point of maximum benefit appears to be somewhere between 6 and 8,000 steps a day.

5. If you prefer and choose to do a high-intensity workout in the gym, that will take you less time. If you prefer to walk, it will take you a longer time to offset the potential harm from sedentary activity.

6. Being sedentary and physically active are not flip sides of the coin because one can be very active and one can be very sedentary. So people who have desk jobs like me probably are very sedentary most of their work time, but we can also be active outside of work time, so we have both characteristics.

7. You could possibly stand while you're thinking every half an hour or so, but it's also useful to take a short walk. And it doesn't have to be a walk around the block. You can simply walk up and down the corridor, go up and down the stairs if you have stairs at home, or do some jumping jacks. Physical activity is something that is so crucial for health. What drug do you know when taken can benefit so many health outcomes with so little side effect?

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1. We've all seen numerous articles and studies claiming the benefits of step count with rather different figures? So what is truth behind walking and health? How many daily steps should we be doing?

   • We've all seen numerous articles and studies claiming the benefits of step count with rather different figures, so what is the truth behind walking and health? How many daily steps should we be doing?

2. We shouldn think of studies not as the latest study is the best, but we should think of studies as pieces jigsaw puzzle. You know the all see something but you need to put them all together, and look at them into totality.

   • We shouldn think of studies not as the latest study is the best, but we should think of studies as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. You know they all say something, but you need to put them all together, and look at them in totality.

3. I believe that the totality of evidence indicates two important things. First, any stepping is good. Second, the more you do the better you are, up to a certain point.

   • I believe that the totality of evidence indicates two important things. First, that any stepping is good. And second, the more you do the better you are, up to a certain point.

4. This certain point may differ according to your age. So among individuals who are younger than 60 years of age, the point of maximum benefit appears to be somewhere between 8000 and 10000 steps a day. Among those 60 and older, the point of maximum benefit appears to be somewhere between 6000 and 8000 steps a day.

5. If you prefer and choose to do a high-intensive workout in a gym, that will take you less time. If you prefer to walk, it will take you longer time to offset the potential harm from secondary activity.

   • If you prefer and choose to do a high-intensity workout in the gym, that will take you less time. If you prefer to walk, it will take you longer time to offset the potential harm from sedentary activity.

6. Being sedentary and phisically active they are not flip side of a coin, because one can be very active and one can be very sedentary. So people who have on-desk job that mean probably are sedentary goes at their work time, but we can also be active outside of work time, so we have both characteristic.

   • Being sedentary and physically active they are not flip sides of a coin, because one can be very active and one can be very sedentary. So people who have desk jobs like me probably are very sedentary most of their work time, but we can also be active outside of work time, so we have both characteristics.

7. You could possibly stand while you're thinking and read half an hour or so. But it's also useful to take a short walk. And it doesn't have to walk around the block, you can simply up and down coridor, up and down your stairs or stairs at home, or do some jumpping jacks. Physical activity is something that is so crucial for health. What drugs do you know when taken can benefit so many health outcomes with so little sideeffect?

   • You could possibly stand while you're thinking every half an hour or so, but it's also useful to take a short walk. And it doesn't have to be a walk around the block. You can simply walk up and down corridor, go up and down the stairs if you have stairs at home, or do some jumping jacks. Physical activity is something that is so crucial for health. What drug do you know when taken can benefit so many health outcomes with so little side effect?

Note

1. sedentary adj. 久坐的

   secondary adj. 次要的；中学的

2. flip v. 翻动；快速地运动；翻脸；快速买卖挣利差；告密 n. 快速的运动 adj. 油嘴滑舌的、轻率的 excl. 表达轻微恼怒

   flip one's lid/flip out 突然翻脸

   flip through 快速翻阅

3. corridor n. 走廊

4. jack

   n. 千斤顶；扑克牌 J；插座；插头；一种游戏；对姓名不详的人的的称呼；船头表明国籍的旗；钱；一种转动装置；一种鱼；某些动物中的公的；指某些比同类小的动物

   n. 21 点；无袖衬垫外衣（步兵）

   v. 偷；抢

   jumping jack 开合跳