You Don’t Need 10,000 Steps to Help Your Heart

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The focus on 10,000 steps may overshadow other important health behaviors — Clinicians should consider a broader range of activities and habits to address heart health.
Physical inactivity is seen as a major risk factor like others such as high blood pressure or smoking — This perspective could lead to more personalized and effective prevention strategies.

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You Don’t Need 10,000 Steps to Help Your Heart

Why don’t we, as clinicians, approach physical inactivity the way we do other major cardiovascular risk factors?" writes cardiologist Sadiya Khan in an essay for TIME.

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