How Walking an Extra 500 Steps a Day Can Help You Live Longer
Walking is a simple, easy exercise and adding even 500 steps a day can help you live longer and prevent heart disease, a cardiologist said.
Walking is a simple, easy exercise and adding even 500 steps a day can help you live longer and prevent heart disease, a cardiologist said.
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The Best 7-Day Walking Plan to Boost Your Energy Levels
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Forget 10,000 Steps — Scientists Discovered the Minimum Steps Needed to Improve Your Health
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As few as 4,000 steps a day can reduce your risk of death, but more is better
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Just 4,000 daily steps may lower your risk of death, study finds
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Walking Just 4,000 Steps a Day Could Significantly Improve Your Health
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Upping your step count, even in small amounts, may increase life span
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Walking daily: the life-saving health benefits
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Heart disease: 500 extra steps a day may lower risk by 14%
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Walking just 4,000 steps a day can cut risk of dying from any cause, analysis finds, Health