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The Case for walking

• arclein
Lee is an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts who focuses on how physical activity can promote health and prevent chronic disease. Her latest study is actually about steps. Specifically: How many, or how few, an older person needs to take on a daily basis to reap significant health perks. Along with several other studies out this year, the results reveal the incredible power of simply doing what humans have done since we stopped swinging from trees. And Lee's results seem to debunk a myth so common it's programmed into our lives.

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