Walking an extra 1,000 steps a day may help your heart, study finds
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"Walking an extra 1,000 steps a day may help your heart, study finds" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 7 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Prevention, graziamagazine.com, Yahoo Health and The Independent. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (7)
- The Link Between Step Count and Lifespan Just Got More Complicated Prevention · 64d ago
- This daily habit can transform your body without the gym: here’s the ideal distance to walk graziamagazine.com · 64d ago
- 10,000 steps a day may not be the key to a longer life, study finds Yahoo Health · 64d ago
- Forget walking 10,000 steps a day The Independent · 67d ago
- What a 30-minute brisk walk does to your body The Telegraph · 67d ago
- Forget doing 10,000 steps a day The Independent · 67d ago
- Walking an extra 1,000 steps a day may help your heart, study finds The Washington Post · 67d ago
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