# @science on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMnY_y1zl6E - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32741614-science-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/26703c9e1c.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-07-27T15:00:30.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) β€” https://gondola.cc/science ## Caption 🚢 The 10,000 steps a day walking target that originated as a 1960s marketing slogan and has become received wisdom is unscientific, according to new research suggesting thousands fewer could still yield big health rewards. ⁠ ⁠ Scientists found the widely used goal was not necessarily the gold standard, as all-cause mortality fell by almost half for a 7,000-step walker compared with someone who completed just 2,000. ⁠ ⁠ The 10,000 number, dreamt up by Japanese company Yamasa to sell pedometers around the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has become a popular physical activity aspiration as smartphone step counters have proliferated. ⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ βš•οΈ β€œThe pedometer brand marketed well,” said Ding Ding, lead author of the study published in The Lancet Public Health on Wednesday. β€œI think it has great public health benefits β€” 10,000 is a nice round number, so it is suitable for goal setting β€” despite not being evidence-based.” ⁠ ⁠ The researchers analyzed data from more than 160,000 adults to look at how risks of serious health problems varied with the number of steps taken daily. The work, drawing on dozens of previous studies, is a landmark look at the impact of movement targets, including the celebrated 10,000 goal, on a wide range of conditions. ⁠ ⁠ Overall mortality for people walking 7,000 steps was 47 percent lower than for those who walked only 2,000. Risks for those who did 7,000 steps fell for health problems, including death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as the incidence of type 2 diabetes and dementia.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #dailysteps #walking #science #biology #scientific ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 1,743 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 26 ## Tags scientific, science, walking, biology, dailysteps --- Copyright (c) Gondola