Remember the 10,000 step a day rule? Forget it. This year’s model, created by researchers at the University of Glasgow, calls for 15,000 steps a day. But wait, the study authors point out that walking 15,000 steps would take about three and half hours, no problem if you happen to […]
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Seven Miles A Day For Heart Health? Really?
Yes really. That’s the recommendation of researchers at the University of Warwick, who outfitted 111 healthy postal workers with activity monitors for seven days, then tracked their activity and compared their waist circumferences and BMIs. One group of 55 were office workers, and one group of 56 walked a mail […]
Just Moving Makes You Happy
Just moving around makes people more happy. Or maybe not moving makes people less happy. While you figure it out, think about this: a new study conducted at the University of Cambridge used an app to track motion over a 17 month period for 10,000 people, who answered random questions […]