The average age of study participants was 45, and they were followed over an 11-year period.

And there has been a flurry of recent studies all showing the various benefits of walking.

A really fascinating United-Kingdom-based study published in JAMA looked at an even larger group of adults to determine if walking had any benefit with reducing the risk of dementia.

This group had a higher average age than the aforementioned study and were followed over seven years.

The previous study did not demonstrate an association between step intensity and reduction in mortality.

But researchers behind the JAMA study did find that there was a benefit to intensity.

They noted that steps performed at a higher intensity – 112 steps/min – resulted in an even stronger association; meaning that step intensity further reduced the risk of dementia?

It’s unclear – but the benefit of intensity was found in the larger study of 78,000 participants.

Well, a recent meta-analysis (a comprehensive review of multiple studies that aggregates the results) in the Sports Medicine journal found that light walking for just 2 to 5 minutes significantly tempered blood sugar levels.

The bottom line is that multiple studies show a clear mortality benefit in getting in those 10K steps every day.

While the aforementioned studies showed differing results on the benefits of step intensity, there are multiple studies showing a cardiovascular benefit to intensity of any exercise, as tolerated?