Harvard Health Blog 10,000 steps a day — or fewer? POSTED JULY 11, 2019, 10:30 AM Steve Calechman, Contributor 10,000 steps a day has become the gold standard for many people. That number has sold many step-counting devices and inspired interoffice competitions. But it’s a big number that can be hard to reach. When people continue to not hit five digits, eventually some ditch the effort altogether. A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine answers two questions about mortality: How many steps a day are associated with lowering the mortality rate? Does stepping intensity level make a difference in mortality when people take the same number of steps? Learn more »

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