Study: Walk properly every day and reduce the risk of dementia

To reduce your risk of developing dementia, you need to walk between 3,800 and 9,800 steps each day, even the number of steps you take per minute matters.

according to New study You can reduce your risk of developing dementia by walking. For people ages 40 to 79 who walked 9,826 steps per day, the risk of developing dementia within seven years was reduced by 50 percent, and those who walked at least 40 steps per minute reduced their risk of dementia by 57 percent. When they walked only 6,315 steps, according to the report CNN.

“It’s a brisk walking activity, like vigorous walking,” says the study co-author. Borja del Pozo Cruzto CNN. He is an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, and a senior researcher in health sciences at the University of Cadiz in Spain.

Even fewer steps reduce risk

The study showed that even people who walk approximately 3,800 steps per day, regardless of walking speed, reduce their risk of developing dementia by 25 percent. Borja del Pozo Cruz wrote in an email to CNN that, at first, it will be enough for stable people.

He believes the study results are a message that clinicians can use to motivate very sedentary seniors because 4,000 steps is something many people can manage, even people who are less fit or not feeling particularly motivated.

He adds that more active and active individuals should probably aim for 10,000 steps, as the study sees maximum effect.

Reduced risk of dementia with faster walking

However, in the study, there was a more interesting finding, that the largest reduction in the risk of dementia was achieved by people who walked very fast every day, 112 steps per minute for 30 minutes. Previous research has concluded that 100 steps per minute is a moderate level of intensity.

In an email to CNN he writes Borja del Pozo Cruz agrees that this is an interesting finding and that the researchers believe that the density of the steps is important, and that more research is needed on this.

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