2,000 extra steps a day cuts cardiovascular risk by 8%
People with a glucose-tolerance problem - a driver of diabetes and cardiovascular disease - can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke by simply walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, a study has revealed.
(AFP) People with a glucose-tolerance problem -- a driver of diabetes and cardiovascular disease -- can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke by simply walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, a study has revealed.
The experiment gathered more than 9,300 adults in 40 countries with so-called impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) who had also been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or were considered at risk from it.
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