Daily Steps as a Public Health Metric for Physical Activity Monitoring and Promotion.
Paluch AE., Matthews CE., Doherty A., Ekelund U., Evenson KR., Galuska DA., Jefferis BJ., Kong L., Kraus WE., Lee I-M., Shreves AH., Small S., Patel AV., Parvizi P., Zisou C., Fulton JE.
This review summarizes the evidence on the number and intensity of steps associated with health benefits. For older adults, 6000-8000 daily steps is associated with substantial cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality benefits and taking more than 8000 daily steps appears to be associated with additional benefit. For younger adults, taking 8000-10,000 daily steps is associated with substantial mortality benefit.