Do you Really Need 10,000 Steps a Day?

Your fitness tracker encourages you to take 10,000 steps a day for better health. Science doesn't exactly support that. Today we're talking about the research around step counts and all-cause mortality.

Sources:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2734709
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2783711
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42864061
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/10000-steps-rule/590785/

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