Taking More Steps Every Day Can Help Ward Off Diabetes

So what? It is not as if people will do something like move.

Simply taking more steps every day not only helps ward off obesity but also reduces the risk of diabetes, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

While several studies have shown that physical activity reduces body mass index and insulin resistance - an early stage in the development of diabetes - this is the first study to estimate the effects of long-term changes in daily step count on insulin sensitivity.

A popular guideline is to do 10,000 steps every day, though a more recent recommendation is 3,000 steps, five days a week.

No.

The "guideline" is not "popular."

The guideline is common.

If it were "popular," this article would not have been written.