8,500 Steps a Day Can Help Dieters Keep Weight Off, Research Suggests
- Researchers at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey, reported individuals should target approximately 8,500 steps daily to sustain weight loss after dieting.
- Professor Marwan Ghoch from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy noted around 80 per cent of people regain weight within three to five years, prompting the search for effective strategies.
- Researchers analyzed 14 studies involving 3,758 participants from Italy, Lebanon, Australia, and Japan, comparing those on lifestyle modification programs against a control group.
- Participants following lifestyle advice increased steps to 8,454 daily, losing 4.39% of body weight on average and maintaining most weight loss during the maintenance phase.
- Increasing steps to 8,500 each day provides a simple, affordable strategy to prevent regain, according to Professor Marwan Ghoch, who encourages sustaining this activity throughout maintenance.
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Taking about 8.5 thousand steps a day can help people to keep weight after diets. This is what a new study published in the scientific journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey. To treat obesity, the most important challenge, and the biggest, is to prevent weight recovery. About 80% of people with overweight or obesity who initially lose weight …
For years, reaching 10,000 steps a day has been considered the gold standard to stay healthy and control weight. But now, a study questions this claim and argues that the benefits of walking start long before reaching that goal and can even stagnate before reaching that data.A research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey, suggests that walking approximately 8,500 steps a day can help people maintain weight l…
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New research suggests that people trying to lose weight - and keep it off - may benefit from walking 8,500 steps a day, according to obesity experts led by Professor Marwan El Ghoch from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy
8,500 steps a day can help dieters keep weight off, research suggests
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that doing around 8,500 steps a day can help people keep weight off after dieting.
This step count may help stop weight creeping back
That mythical 10,000 daily steps target has been making people feel guilty for decades. Here’s the good news: science is finally catching up with common sense. A major new study, presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, has found that roughly 8,500 daily steps is the sweet spot for keeping weight off after dieting. Not losing it; keeping it off. That distinction matters enormously. Around 80 per cent of people who i…
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