10,000 steps a day. It's the magic number that's said to optimize health and longevity. But did you know the 10,000 step goal is rooted more in marketing than in science? It started in 1965 in ...

There are approximately 2,000 steps in one mile. Learn the factors that influence how many steps we take — and why taking more steps per mile may be healthier.

The goal of taking 10,000 steps in a day is a rough equivalent to the Surgeon General's recommendation to accumulate 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. It should be enough to reduce ...

A chart of the health benefits of higher step counts. (Courtesy European Journal of Cardiology) Chen told WTOP that, initially, doctors were only studying for cardiovascular health benefits of ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... that there’s no upper-limit to the number of steps you can do to improve these health outcomes. In other words, the more steps ...