Scientists Find Walking Every Day Could Add 11 Years to Your Life

By Madeleine Haase – Prevention

The benefits of walking abound—improving heart health, sleep quality, and mood are just a few of the many pros of going for a stroll. Now, new research has found that walking could add over 10 years to your life—specifically, walking 160 minutes a day at 3 mph.

A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine analyzed data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES), looking at U.S. adults 40 and older. Participants wore activity monitors for at least four days. Researchers then created a mathematical model to predict how different levels of physical activity could influence how long they lived.