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Thanks for the thread; I was thinking of starting one myself after seeing the same page shared somewhere else.
I did think of some of the questions raised and looked at other news sources. Some do mention that this was an observational study (that didn't establish causation) and that it studied only a limited group, older women without certain medical conditions. (No news story that I've seen yet seems to miss these points very badly, but some of those news stories initially don't emphasize these points that well. For example, a few leave me with the impression that they emphasize "4,400 steps!" without this context.) Even if I were one of those older women without certain medical conditions, I wouldn't assume that 4,400 steps was some Magic Number for me or for anyone else in that group, and I'm concerned that some readers have already interpreted it that way. Instead, I wonder how much individual variation there is. News sources also tend to add that other activities are also good, increased activity has other benefits beyond longevity, and that fitness or health shouldn't be defined narrowly, as by a step count; I appreciate those mentions. The original article's "All they had to do was walk" can be wrenched out of context, such as in a way that dismisses the benefits of other activities. (I want to keep looking later, but no article that I've seen so far emphasizes other fitness-related specific things that exercise can benefit, such as strength, balance, and mobility. I hope that there are some such articles.) Yes, I do appreciate actual study of the numbers, and I find it vaguely surprising that this "10,000" number has been quoted for years without more scrutiny. Sources tie the origin of "10,000 steps" to marketing for a Japanese pedometer. Some sources say that a Japanese character for "10,000", "万" (I hope that the character appears correctly for you), resembles a figure walking; cf. "万歩計" for "pedometer." Other sources add, though I can't find much quick online confirmation, that 10,000 is something like a lucky number there. Especially as someone who doesn't especially prize round numbers, anniversaries, and the like, I also wonder if a nicely round number lends a certain mystique, in Japan and elsewhere.
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