Mostly sedentary? This can help lower your risk for death and heart disease

You might have to sit all day for your job, but try to walk as much as possible the rest of the time to offset the higher risk of death and heart disease that comes with being sedentary. — Filepic

Every additional step, up to around 10,000 steps per day, reduces the risk of death and cardiovascular (heart) disease (CVD), regardless of how much remaining time is spent sedentary, reports a large population-based study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Some previous studies have shown that greater daily step counts are associated with lower levels of death and CVD, while others have linked high levels of sedentary behaviour with increased risks of CVD and death.