12,000 steps to stay healthy

No need to run to get a slender body . To control your weight we simply need to walk.

Everyone who applies weight loss (probably everyone) plays sports. But which subject? Depending on your age, health, and condition, some activities may be limited. People want to lose a few kilos, so they tend to practice hard, intense sports that can cause immeasurable consequences for muscles and bones, and people can usually only train during the time. Short time, not enough to dream of losing weight completely becomes a reality.

It is better to practice a few minutes a day but regularly. And because not every day we go to the gym but only get results in a much simpler method: Walking . All physicians confirm that walking is healthy, a few walking steps every day keep the body in good condition. The problem is how many steps we need to walk each day to make this really effective. A group of scientists thus conducted a study and set up a preliminary benchmark to help people determine how many steps they need to take each day. Results were published in Journal of physical activity & health last January.

14 researchers followed 3,127 adults and had good health (2151 women and 976 men) from 19-94 years old. The researchers estimated the weight index to determine the number of steps they need to take each day, then analyze the effect of walking. Through the study, they concluded that women aged 18-40 who want to control their body weight must walk 12,000 steps a day, 11,000 steps for women aged 40-50, 10,000 for women from 50- 60 years old and 8,000 steps for age 60 and older. Men aged 18-50 must walk 12,000 steps a day and 11,000 for the age of 50 and over .

Many people only focus on the number of steps whether they are short or long but according to the ancient Roman unit of measurement, a foot about 75 cm long, which means that we have to walk an average of 8 to 10 km per day. But this may not sound very comfortable for city center residents.