Define “Moderate-Intensity Walking”
March 17, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
This study earns my new Blisstree Health Pat on the Back award:
If someone told you to go for a moderately intense walk, what would that mean to you? If you ask your coworkers or friends, you’d likely get differing answers too. It’s fine for healthcare professionals to offer advice, but we need to be more specific and detailed with this advice, don’t we?
Maybe now, we’re getting somewhere though. According to a press release issued by Elsevier Health Sciences, “Researchers have determined that a rate of at least 100 steps per minute achieves moderate intensity activity. Therefore a simple pedometer-based recommendation …read more




