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Do You Know the Benefits of Walking?
Research shows you're likely to live longer if you walk at least:
5.5 miles per week
10.5 miles per week
15.5 miles per week
Women who walk 30 minutes a day may cut their risk of stroke by:
10% - 20%
20% - 40%
40% - 60%
If you walk 10,000 steps, you've gone about:
1 mile
5 miles
10 miles
Brisk walking counts as cardio exercise.
True
False
It depends
Walking is as good for your heart as running.
True, if you do enough of it
False, you need to raise your heart rate
Neither is really good for your heart
You should do this many minutes of brisk walking each week if you want to lose weight:
About 75
About 150
About 300
Take your dog for a half-hour walk, and you may burn about:
100 calories
200 calories
300 calories
To boost your mood, try taking a walk in:
A shopping mall near your house
A city, so you can sightsee as you move
A leafy, natural area
Exercise like walking lowers your risk of breast cancer because it:
Turns off genes that let cancer cells grow
Lowers the estrogen in your bloodstream
Protects your cells
Walking is good for people who have type-2 diabetes because:
It lowers blood sugar levels
It helps you lose weight
It helps your body use sugar
All the above
If you have arthritis, you should:
Walk regularly for exercise
Avoid walking too much -- it strains your joints
Walking won't help or hurt you
If you have back pain, you should:
Stay in bed and rest until you feel better
Stretch, but don’t walk much until you feel better
Walk 20 to 40 minutes two or three times a week
Walking is good for your bones because it's:
Weight-bearing exercise
Resistance exercise
Balance training