Remember my post about the step counter and my workout update pointing out the possibly bogus 10,000 step recommendation?
Well, get ready for another recommendation which lowers the bar somewhat, based on your sedentary index.
There’s a new study which says, essentially:
“Conclusions: Any amount of daily steps above the referent 2200 steps/day was associated with lower mortality and incident CVD risk, for low and high sedentary time. Accruing 9000–10 500 steps/day was associated with the lowest mortality risk independent of sedentary time. For a roughly equivalent number of steps/day, the risk of incident CVD was lower for low sedentary time compared with high sedentary time.”
Reference:
Ahmadi MN, Rezende LFM, Ferrari G, et al. Do the associations of daily steps with mortality and incident cardiovascular disease differ by sedentary time levels? A device-based cohort study. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2024;58:261-268.
I figure I’m in the low sedentary category. This is somewhat reassuring to me because so far, my step counter averages (over 3 days) about 2500 steps during my usual daily exercise periods. Of course, this doesn’t count trips to the bathroom. I guess I can relax now.
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