Only 7,000 steps can be healthy
If you too get disappointed if you do not complete 10,000 steps on your smartwatch, then you do not need to be disappointed now. Because in a study published in ‘The Lancet Public Health’, it has been claimed that if you walk only 7000 steps in a day, then you will be seen far away from many diseases.
The study found that even by walking only 7000 steps, you can make significant improvements in your health. Everyday steps take you to your better health. The study found that there has been a huge decline in mortality due to diseases like death risk, depression, dementia, diabetes, cancer.
88 studying data analysis
Researchers say that 88 studies published between 2014 and 2025 have been analyzed to do this research. The study included 1.6 lakh adults. Researchers said that this is the first such study in which it is so widely assessed how many steps you can stay healthy. The study said that your everyday steps help you to keep many health related diseases away. Researchers reported that researchers from Sydney University as well as other institutions in Australia, UK, Spain and Norway were involved to conduct this study.
7000 steps and many diseases away
Research found that due to 7,000 steps every day, many diseases go away. This reduces the chances of cancer by 6 %. Not only cancer, but the chances of heart disease are 25 percent less, the chances of diabetes are 14 percent and the chances of falling decreases by 28 percent. Apart from this, the death risk is reduced by 47 %, while depression is reduced by 22 % and 38 % in the symptoms of dementia. However, researchers also stated that the figures of some diseases like cancer and dementia are based on limited studies, so they cannot be completely trusted. Symptoms of age and physical weakness have also not been given full attention.
Researchers believe that due to age and physical weakness, some people have difficult to complete 10,000 steps. Keeping this in mind, he studied this and found that if you complete only 7000 steps instead of 10,000, then there can be many significant improvements in your health.