Does walking 10,000 steps per day aid in weight loss?

A new study has found that even walking 10,000 steps per day does not help you lose weight. 

Walking 10,000 steps will not prevent or lead to weight loss, according to the British newspaper "The Independent" journal Obesity. 

Female students were subjected to experiments. 

According to the report, researchers from a British university's Department of Exercise Science collaborated with experts from the Department of Dietetics and Food Sciences to conduct a study on a group of university freshmen. 

Data from 120 female students who participated in the step experiment, walking 10,000, 12,500, or 15,000 steps per day for six consecutive days per week, were analysed during the first six months of college.

The data included the students' weight and the number of steps and calories they took.

Weight gain rather than weight loss

The researchers discovered that even among participants who walked 15,000 steps per day, the number of steps walked did not prevent female students from gaining weight.

It was also discovered at the end of the study period that the female students gained an average of 1.5 kg, which is extra weight.

 According to the researchers, the lack of weight loss among the participants in terms of step count is a surprising result, because physical activity increases gradually with each step, increasing energy expenditure and body composition. The energy balance changes. Other advantages of walking During the study, Bruce Bailey, professor of physical exercise sciences at Brigham Young University, concluded that exercise alone is not always the most effective way to lose weight, but the findings also revealed that the number of steps taken may not be an effective way of maintaining weight or preventing weight gain.

The researchers discovered, however, that walking more has a positive overall effect on students' "physical activity patterns" and may have "other moral and health benefits." Bailey .