What are the top 10 reasons to walk?
Walking prevents type 2 diabetes.
The Diabetes Prevention Program showed that
walking 150 minutes per week and losing just
7% of your body weight (12-15 pounds) can
reduce your risk of diabetes by 58%.
Walking strengthens your heart
if you're male. In one study, mortality rates
among retired men who walked less than one
mile per day were nearly twice that among
those who walked more than two miles per day.
Walking strengthens your heart
if you're female. Women in the Nurse's
Health Study (72,488 female nurses) who walked
three hours or more per week reduced their
risk of a heart attack or other coronary
event by 35% compared with women who did not walk.
Walking is good for your brain.
In a study on walking and cognitive function,
researchers found that women who walked
the equivalent of an easy pace at least
1.5 hours per week had significantly better
cognitive function and less cognitive decline
than women who walked less than 40 minutes per week.
Think about that!
Walking is good for your bones.
Research shows that postmenopausal women who walk
approximately one mile each day have higher whole-
body bone density than women who walk shorter
distances, and walking is also effective in slowing
the rate of bone loss from the legs.
Walking helps alleviate symptoms of depression.
Walking for 30 minutes, three to five times per
week for 12 weeks reduced symptoms of depression
Walking reduces the risk of breast and colon cancer.
Women who performed the equivalent of one hour and
15 minutes to two and a half hours per week of brisk
walking had an 18% decreased risk of breast cancer
compared with inactive women. Many studies have shown
that exercise can prevent colon cancer, and even if
an individual person develops colon cancer, the
benefits of exercise appear to continue both by
increasing quality of life and reducing mortality.
Walking improves fitness.
Walking just three times a week for 30 minutes
can significantly increase cardio respiratory fitness.
Walking in short bouts improves fitness, too!
A study of sedentary women showed that short bouts
of brisk walking (three 10-minute walks per day)
resulted in similar improvements in fitness and were
at least as effective in decreasing body fatness as
long bouts (one 30-minute walk per day).
Walking improves physical function.
Research shows that walking improves fitness and physical
function and prevents physical disability in older persons.
The list goes on, but if I continued, there'd be no time
for you to start walking!
Suffice to say that walking is certainly good for you!
Walking prevents type 2 diabetes.
The Diabetes Prevention Program showed that
walking 150 minutes per week and losing just
7% of your body weight (12-15 pounds) can
reduce your risk of diabetes by 58%.
Walking strengthens your heart
if you're male. In one study, mortality rates
among retired men who walked less than one
mile per day were nearly twice that among
those who walked more than two miles per day.
Walking strengthens your heart
if you're female. Women in the Nurse's
Health Study (72,488 female nurses) who walked
three hours or more per week reduced their
risk of a heart attack or other coronary
event by 35% compared with women who did not walk.
Walking is good for your brain.
In a study on walking and cognitive function,
researchers found that women who walked
the equivalent of an easy pace at least
1.5 hours per week had significantly better
cognitive function and less cognitive decline
than women who walked less than 40 minutes per week.
Think about that!
Walking is good for your bones.
Research shows that postmenopausal women who walk
approximately one mile each day have higher whole-
body bone density than women who walk shorter
distances, and walking is also effective in slowing
the rate of bone loss from the legs.
Walking helps alleviate symptoms of depression.
Walking for 30 minutes, three to five times per
week for 12 weeks reduced symptoms of depression
Walking reduces the risk of breast and colon cancer.
Women who performed the equivalent of one hour and
15 minutes to two and a half hours per week of brisk
walking had an 18% decreased risk of breast cancer
compared with inactive women. Many studies have shown
that exercise can prevent colon cancer, and even if
an individual person develops colon cancer, the
benefits of exercise appear to continue both by
increasing quality of life and reducing mortality.
Walking improves fitness.
Walking just three times a week for 30 minutes
can significantly increase cardio respiratory fitness.
Walking in short bouts improves fitness, too!
A study of sedentary women showed that short bouts
of brisk walking (three 10-minute walks per day)
resulted in similar improvements in fitness and were
at least as effective in decreasing body fatness as
long bouts (one 30-minute walk per day).
Walking improves physical function.
Research shows that walking improves fitness and physical
function and prevents physical disability in older persons.
The list goes on, but if I continued, there'd be no time
for you to start walking!
Suffice to say that walking is certainly good for you!
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