Accumulating 10,000 steps per day does not necessarily guarantee meeting the guidelines of bout lengths documented to confer health benefits of physical activity.

PMID: 

Res Q Exerc Sport. 2003 Dec ;74(4):389-94. PMID: 14768840

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Accumulating 10,000 steps: does this meet current physical activity guidelines?

Abstract: 

The purpose of this study was to determine whether taking 10,000 steps in a day is equivalent to meeting the current minimum physical activity guidelines of accumulating at least 30 min of moderate physical activity (IMPA). Fifty-nine women ages 20-65 years wore a pedometer and accelerometer concurrently on their right hip for 1 day. There were no differences in the age, body mass index, or the amount of time the pedometers and accelerometers were worn between the 10K+ and the

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