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		vezzy-fnord on Feb 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lack of exercise kills roughly as many as smoking,... Half an hour of brisk walking five times a week would do the trick. Good to know I'm satisfying the bare minimum for not dying.

TillE on Feb 15, 2014 [–]

That lines up pretty well with the recommendation of 7,000 steps per day:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/tips-for-getting...

Fitbit's default goal of 10,000 seems to work well, and I walk very fast everywhere as long as there's not ice on the ground.

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