While 10,000 steps is a common benchmark for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, a new study suggests that walking even less than that is enough to help prevent weight gain. A new study published in the ...

With the rise of smartwatches, wearable fitness trackers, and countless apps, tracking your daily step count has never been easier. The "10,000 steps a day rule" is well-known and often touted as the ...

Permission to take things down a step. Getting your steps in every day is great for health and has been shown to improve posture, joint health, mood and body mass index (BMI), a measurement used to ...

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that ...

While everyone knows that losing weight can be hard, it can sometimes be just as tricky to keep it off once you hit a healthy goal weight. Past research shows that more than 50% of people who lose ...

If people walk about 8,500 steps a day it may help them keep weight off, a new study suggests, especially if they walk during weight loss and keep it up. Some adults may need more exercise than that ...

Share on Pinterest A new study demonstrates that 8,500 daily steps is the sweet spot for weight management. Stewart Cohen/Getty Images Walking 8,500 steps per day can help people maintain weight loss ...

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) and published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ...