Can 10,000 Steps Improve Your Depression?

Can you walk away your depressive symptoms? It seems like walking really helps according to the research. A systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open in 2024 looked at data from 33 observational studies involving 96,173 adults. They found that people taking 7000 steps a day or higher were associated with lower risk of depression. If they went 10,000 steps or more per day, they had significantly fewer depressive symptoms compared to those taking fewer than 5,000 steps per day. This is huge!