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Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ7li8pjM88/One or two steady walks of 10 to 15 minutes a day can reduce the risk of heart disease by up to two-thirds. This finding by University of Sydney and Universidad Europea public health researchers and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine challenges the long-held “10,000 steps a day”rule and suggests that how you walk matters more than how much you walk.The study followed 33,560 adults ages 40 to 79 for nearly eight years. Even walking fewer than 8,000 steps a day but with longer, uninterrupted sessions at a comfortable, consistent pace significantly lowered rates of heart attacks and strokes from about 13% to 4%. For these least active people, risk of death fell from 5% to under 1%.The bottom line: replacing scattered steps with one or two dedicated leisurely but consistent walks each day can bring major benefits particularly for those with a pattern of limited walking.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251027224829.htmhttps://www.acpjournals.