Walking 10,000 Steps, What This Does and Doesn’t Do For You.

Janice Tovey
2 min readJan 1, 2022

The truth about this popular number

A picture of a woman walking for exercise. 10,000 steps for weight loss.
Photo by Dmitry Schemelev on Unsplash

The facts:

Walking 10,000 steps a day is equal to burning 3,500 calories a week. Walking may help you lose weight. This number may vary depending on your body type. And of course, weight loss is dependent on how many calories you consume in a day.

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Janice Tovey

My passion is writing. I also love reading, teaching, animals, nature, music, and humor. I am curious about everything and enjoy writing about all things.