Overview

• The University of Oxford study tracked over 85,000 participants in the UK for six years using fitness trackers.
• Walking at least 5,000 steps daily significantly reduces cancer risk, with optimal benefits at 7,000–9,000 steps.
• Cancer risk reduction plateaus beyond 9,000 steps, offering no additional benefits from further increases in step count.
• Step count, rather than walking speed or intensity, is the key factor in lowering cancer risk, according to the research.
• Risk reduction was most pronounced for six cancers, including gastric, bladder, liver, endometrial, lung, and head and neck cancers.