Can Walking (Even Fewer Than 10,000 Steps a Day) Help Prevent Dementia?
Good news for those of us who often don’t achieve a goal of 10,000 steps per day — walking 3,800 to 9,800 steps per day was also linked to a lower risk of dementia in a new study of adults in the United Kingdom.The findings, published on September 6 in JAMA Neurology, represent an important contribution to step-count-based recommendations for dementia prevention, according to the study authors. “Step-count-based recommendations have the advantage of being easy to communicate, interpret, and measure, and may be particularly relevant for people who accumulate their physical activity in an unstructured manner,” the authors wrote.On Average, People Who Count Their Steps Walk MoreAbout one in five Americans use a smart watch or fitness tracker, according to a 2020 survey by Pew Research. Not surprisingly, people who…