How much do you walk every day to lose weight?

Everyone should walk every day to get rid of excess fat from the body. However, many of us do not know how much walking is important for weight loss.

Those who have just started walking to lose weight should walk at least five miles a day.

Holy Family Hospital cardiology and medicine specialist. Uttam Kumar Das told Jugantar that a person needs to walk 40 to 45 minutes every day to stay healthy. Walk in such a way that the body sweats.

‘Also the amount of walking to lose weight depends on age and performance. Weight loss will be followed by fatigue and constant tiredness.

Meanwhile, a report published on a health website on the subject, citing a 2016 study in the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, found that if an obese person walked 10,000 steps (about 5 miles) a day, he would gain an average of 3.4 pounds in 12 weeks. Or be able to lose one and a half kg weight.

However, if the person is active, he will have to walk about 5 miles.

A 2006 study of 3,000 healthy participants, published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, found that women between the ages of 18 and 40 had to walk at least 12,000 steps (about 8 miles) daily to lose weight.

Men also have to walk the same distance up to the age of 50. After that the level has to be reduced to 11 thousand steps i.e. about 5 and a half miles.

Women between the ages of 40 and 50 have to take 11,000 steps.

According to a 2012 study in the journal Obesity, participants lost 2.4 percent of their body fat in just 12 months of exercise. On the other hand, by changing eating habits and exercising, fat has decreased by an average of 10.6 percent.

Another thing to keep in mind is that not all types of walking bring the same results.

The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guide Lines for Americans states that adults should exercise 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week. Or 75 minutes a week of strenuous-aerobic exercise.

Walking fast can be a moderate-intensity exercise. And ultra-hard-aerobic-exercise can be running downhill, jogging, mountaineering, etc.

However, any physical activity sheds body fat. And at the end of the day, it helps to keep the body healthy.