How Many Steps Should We Get Every Day?

The official exercise recommendations are a “trade-off between optimizing health outcomes and minimizing requirements for individuals,” but what does the science say is best?

This is the first video in a four-part series. Stay tuned for Exercise Is Medicine (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/exer...
, Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does...
, and How Much Exercise Is Too Much? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...
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For more on walking, see:
• Longer Life Within Walking Distance (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/long...
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• How Much Should You Exercise? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...
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• Standing Up for Your Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/stan...
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• How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...
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• Enhanced Athletic Recovery Without Undermining Adaptation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/enha...
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• Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress with Watercress (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prev...
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I have a lot of other exercise videos, too. Check out the topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/exe...
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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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