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According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, programs promoting step goals--such as walking 10,000 steps per day--can encourage people to exercise enough to reap health benefits.
The aim, the CDC says, is 30 minutes of moderate exercise, five or more days a week. All steps count, whether up a mountain or around town, as long as they're brisk enough to boost your heart rate and you walk for 10 minutes or more.
A pedometer keeps track of steps for you. It also can be a good motivator, found a study released in June by the American College of Sports Medicine. Participants who used pedometers added about 2,000 steps per person per ...