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How Much You Walk Every Day Is Linked To Dementia Risk

That distance has been linked to a lower likelihood of all-cause mortality, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even dementia. Other studies have found different, and generally positive, results for other step counts, too.

How Much You Walk Every Day Is Linked To Dementia Risk

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That distance has been linked to a lower likelihood of all-cause mortality, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even dementia.

Other studies have found different, and generally positive, results for other step counts, too.

Alzheimer's Society has said that people who remain physically active throughout their lives may be 20% less likely to develop dementia overall.

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That distance has been linked to a lower likelihood of all-cause mortality, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even dementia. Other studies have found different, and generally positive, results for other step counts, too. Alzheimer's Society has said that people who remain physically active throughout their lives may be 20% less likely to develop dementia overall.

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  • A lack of exercise, they wrote, is "one of the main factors where the evidence is strong enough to show that it increases a person's risk of developing dementia".
  • Here are the dementia risk changes associated with different step counts: 1) 3,800 steps a day is linked to a roughly 25% lower dementia risk </h...

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You've probably heard that 10,000 steps a day is best for your health.

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