This is a chapter from my book, The Personal Health Tracking Blueprint. You can view the table of contents with links to the rest here.
In the 1960s, a Japanese researcher named Dr. Yoshiro Hatano noticed that people who walked fewer than 5,000 steps per day, on average, were becoming obese.
In 1965, another Japanese man named Yamasa Tokei was influenced by Dr. Hatano’s research to invent a device that would measure the number of steps a person takes. This device, known as Manpo-kei, was the world’s first pedometer.
In English, “Manpo-kei” translates to “10,000 steps meter.” From this, 10,000 steps was established as the standard for good health. The rest is history.
More than 50 years later, many people still use modern-day pedometers to measure their steps in an effort to hit 10,000.
But, do you actually need to get 10,000 steps per day to be healthy?
How many steps should you take per day to be “healthy?”
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