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In India, the risk of cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases has increased rapidly in the past years. Although the risk of chronic diseases has increased rapidly all over the world, but due to the large population of our country, the number of people affected by it in India is also high.
Last year, a report claimed that the major reason for the sudden rise of chronic diseases in adults and adolescents in India is their not adopting an active lifestyle. In many people, physical activity is even less than the standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Amid this, the recent report by The Lancet is giving a ray of hope. Recently, the report published by the medical Journal drew a relationship between Daily steps and its outcome on health problems.
In fact, till some time ago, health experts believed that light exercise, yoga and long-distance walking or running reduce many health risks. However, two recent reports have claimed that the risk of many chronic diseases can be reduced by just walking 7000 steps every day.
Lancet report on daily 7000 steps?
The report titled ‘Daily Steps and Health Outcomes in Adults: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta Analysis‘ by Lancet tells that Physical activity has significant role in reducing Chronic diseases.
In this, 57 studies conducted on up to 1 lakh 60 thousand people were cited and human activities were analyzed every day. It revealed that walking 7000 steps every day is a standard or benchmark for maintaining good health. Report argued that although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active but 7000 steps per day results in clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes.
Notably, a stepping volume of 7000 steps per day is associated with 6–47% lower risks compared with 2000 steps per day across all examined outcomes, says Report.
About the report
The study published in the report in The Lancet was done by the University of Sydney, Australia. It revealed that 7000 steps every day is effective in protecting from serious health risks. This covers protection from diseases such as all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, cognitive outcomes, mental health outcomes, physical function, and falls.
According to Melody Ding, an epidemiologist at the University of Sydney who led the study, this not only reduces the risk of many diseases, but if there is no disease, then this is also a standard that benefits the body system.
He said that walking less than 7000 steps a day reduces some health benefits, while walking more than 7000 steps does not increase those health benefits much, but only provides a small increase.
What are WHO’s standards for reducing health risks?
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s standards emphasize physical activities instead of walking to reduce health risks. Especially on exercise. WHO has also issued guidelines for this, according to which adults should do at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise every week.
