Walking just 4,000 steps per day can significantly reduce your risk of an early death, according to a new meta analysis of studies. “The more steps you walk, the better the effects on your health, and significant mortality reductions,” author Dr. Maciej Banach, deputy editor-in-chief of the European Society of Cardiology, told a reporter. Anything below 5,000 steps per day is considered a sedentary lifestyle. “We showed that every increase of steps by 1000 steps/day is associated with a 15% reduction in the risk of dying from any cause, and every increase by 500 steps/day is associated with a 7% reduction in dying from cardiovascular disease,” said Banach.
