8,500 Steps a Day Can Help Dieters Keep Weight Off, Research Suggests
- Researchers at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey, reported individuals should target approximately 8,500 steps daily to sustain weight loss after dieting.
- Professor Marwan Ghoch from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy noted around 80 per cent of people regain weight within three to five years, motivating the search for prevention strategies.
- Researchers analyzed 14 studies involving 3,758 participants from Italy, Lebanon, Australia, and Japan, comparing those on lifestyle modification programs against a control group to identify weight maintenance factors.
- Participants following lifestyle advice increased steps to 8,454 daily, losing 4.39% of body weight on average and maintaining most weight loss during the maintenance phase.
- Increasing steps to 8,500 each day provides a simple, affordable strategy to prevent regain, according to Professor Marwan Ghoch, who encourages sustaining this activity level during maintenance.
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For years, reaching 10,000 steps a day has been considered the gold standard to stay healthy and control weight. But now, a study questions this claim and argues that the benefits of walking start long before reaching that goal and can even stagnate before reaching that data.A research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey, suggests that walking approximately 8,500 steps a day can help people maintain weight l…
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New research suggests that people trying to lose weight - and keep it off - may benefit from walking 8,500 steps a day, according to obesity experts led by Professor Marwan El Ghoch from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy
8,500 steps a day can help dieters keep weight off, research suggests
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that doing around 8,500 steps a day can help people keep weight off after dieting.
Increase daily steps to 8,500 and keep weight off after dieting:...
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Doing around 8,500 steps a day can help people keep weight off after dieting, according to new research. To be presented at the ‘European Congress on Obesity’ (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey, from May 12-15, the study showed that there was a clear link between increasing step count and preventing […] The post Increase daily steps to 8,500 and keep weight off after dieting: Study appeared first on THIP Media.
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