5,000 steps a day.. Your key to fighting depression

A recent study revealed that walking 5,000 steps a day helps reduce symptoms of depression, and that the benefit of walking increases with the distance a person walks daily.

As part of the study published in the scientific journal "Jama Network Open", researchers analyzed the results of 33 previous research papers that covered more than 97,000 people from 13 countries.

The volunteers in the experiment used devices to measure distance and speed and smartphones to determine the number of steps they walk daily, while reporting changes in their health as a result of exercise.

5,000 steps

It was found that walking 5,000 steps a day is associated with a decrease in symptoms of depression, which are associated with feelings of sadness and tension, social isolation, sleep disorders, loss of appetite and feeling exhausted.

According to the study, walking more than 7,500 steps reduces symptoms of depression by 42%.

The importance of daily exercise

The study members confirm, in statements to the website "Health Day", which specializes in medical research, that despite the need to verify the validity of these results, keenness to exercise daily and count the number of steps a person takes daily is beneficial to various health aspects, not only with regard to heart diseases