Rethinking the Daily Step Count: New Research Links 8,500 Steps to Lasting Weight Management

By Molly Knudsen, M.S., RDN Published October 3, 2026 Main Facts For decades, the standard wellness benchmark has been simple yet intimidating: walk 10,000 steps a day. For millions of fitness tracker wearers, falling short of this milestone has felt like a daily failure. However, a sweeping new meta-analysis published in the International Journal of…

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