Only 5,000 steps a day needed to stay healthy, study shows

It has long been

touted

(

tha

t 10,000 steps a day is the magic number you need to stay fit and healthy - but a new study shows fewer than 5,000 may be enough to see a benefit.

)

The analysis

of more than 226,000 people around the world

showed

(

4,000 was enough to start reducing the risk of dying

prematurely

of any cause

)

. Just

over 2,300 is enough to benefit

the heart and

blood vessels

. The more you do, the more health benefits are seen,

researchers said

.

Every extra 1,000 steps

beyond the 4,000

reduced the risk

of dying early by 15% up to 20,000 steps.

重點(diǎn)詞匯釋義

touted 吹捧;兜售;吹噓;標(biāo)榜;推銷;倒賣高價(jià)票，賣黑市票;被吹捧的;tout的過去分詞和過去式

prematurely 早熟地

blood vessels 血管;blood vessel的復(fù)數(shù)

譯文：

研究表明，保持健康每天只需要走5000步

長期以來，人們一直認(rèn)為每天走10000步是保持健康所需的神奇數(shù)字，但一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，每天走不到5000步就足以看到好處。對全球226000多人的分析顯示4000足以開始降低因任何原因過早死亡的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。2300多一點(diǎn)就足以有益于心臟和血管。研究人員說，你做得越多，對健康的益處就越多。在4000步之外，每多走1000步，早逝的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)就會降低15%，最高可達(dá)20000步。來自BBC