Why 10,000 Steps?

Ferrous_Female_Dog

I've seen this referenced as a goal for a lot of people with fitbits and other types of pedometers.

Is it suggested by these devices? Is it a trend? Is it a hashtag?

Why not 5,000?

Why not 15,000?

Why not 8,624?

I must know. My curiosity demands it.

rileysowner

Working from my somewhat unreliable memory, it is because people who walk at least 10000 steps in a day a less likely to be overweight according to statisticians. Thus 10000 as a minimum goal is seen as a way to combat obesity.

cwolfman13

http://www.livescience.com/43956-walking-10000-steps-healthy.html