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Study: Walking every day reduces the risk of 13 different types of cancer!
2025-05-19 09:17:29 / JETË
More and more studies are showing that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of cancer. A new study from the University of Oxford concludes that the more steps you take each day, the lower your chances of developing up to 13 different types of cancer.
The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, involved over 85,000 people in the UK, who wore tracking devices to measure both the amount and intensity of their daily movement. Six years later, the researchers found a clear pattern: more steps meant a lower risk of cancer, regardless of how quickly those steps were taken.
The benefits began to show at around 5,000 steps a day — anything below that threshold didn't seem to offer much protection. At 7,000 steps, the risk of developing cancer dropped by 11%. At 9,000 steps, it dropped by 16%. Beyond 9,000 steps, the benefits diminished. The difference in risk reduction was small and varied little between men and women.
These findings support the popular recommendation to aim for 10,000 steps a day - not only for general health, but also for cancer prevention. The associations persisted even when the results were adjusted for demographic factors, body mass index and other lifestyle factors, such as smoking, suggesting that the observed differences in cancer risk were indeed due to the average number of steps each participant took each day.
Stride intensity, or the speed at which participants walked, was also analyzed. The researchers found that faster walking was associated with a lower risk of cancer. However, when total physical activity was taken into account, walking speed no longer made a statistically significant difference. In other words: it's the total amount of walking that matters, not the speed.
Similarly, replacing time spent sitting with light or moderate activity reduced cancer risk, but replacing light activity with moderate activity offered no additional benefit. So moving more, at any pace, seems to be what matters most.
The researchers looked at 13 specific types of cancer, including esophageal, liver, lung, kidney, stomach, endometrial, colon, head and neck, rectal, bladder, as well as multiple myeloma and myeloid leukemia.
During the six-year follow-up period, about 3% of participants developed one of these cancers. The most common were colon, rectal, and lung cancers in men, and breast, colon, endometrial, and lung cancers in women. Higher levels of physical activity were most strongly associated with a reduced risk of six cancers: stomach, bladder, liver, endometrial, lung, and head and neck.
Of course, the relationship between physical activity and cancer is complex. More long-term research, focusing on specific types of cancer, is needed to better understand why walking helps and how we can incorporate movement into cancer prevention strategies. For now, though, the message is clear: sit less, move more.
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