Is walking 10,000 steps every day really necessary? – By Lindsay Bottoms (University of Hertfordshire) / Mar 16 2021
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(The Conversation)When it comes to being fit and healthy, we’re often reminded to aim to walk 10,000 steps per day. This can be a frustrating target to achieve, especially when we’re busy with work and other commitments.
Most of us know by now that 10,000 steps is recommended everywhere as a target to achieve — and yet where did this number actually come from?
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan. The device was called “Manpo-kei“, which translates to “10,000 steps meter”. This was a marketing tool for the device and has seemed to have stuck across the world as the daily step target. It’s even included in daily activity targets by popular smartwatches, such as Fitbit.
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