Step Count Matters, But Changing This 1 Walking Habit Boosts Longevity Even More

If you don’t quite achieve your daily step target, try to pick up the pace on your next walk.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Forget getting your 10,000 steps in – a new study suggests it’s not always the number of steps you’re getting that matters. In fact, picking up the pace at which you walk could do wonders for your longevity.

New research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, suggested even taking fewer steps at a faster pace may substantially lower a person’s risk of an early death.

Experts analysed data from 103,684 middle-aged participants in the UK Biobank, who wore an activity tracker for seven consecutive days between 2013 and 2015 to monitor the number and intensity of daily steps taken.

Step count was divided into four categories:

0-5,000 steps per day;

5,000-7,500 steps per........

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