According to a new study, daily walk of 8,600 steps would prevent weight gain in adults, where as overweight people needed a daily 11,000 steps.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), if some one moves for 21.43 minutes each day of the week, the individual will cut risks of dying from all causes by one-third. This is very powerful incentives for people to walk.

CNN’s Sandee LaMotte highlighting the key findings of the new study writes that an average person gains 1 and 2 pounds each year from adulthood to middle age, which slowly may lead to overweight.

Dr. Evan Brittain, associate professor in the division of cardiovascular medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, told CNN “People really can reduce their risk of obesity by walking more. Diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, depression, and GERD showed benefit with higher steps. The relationship with hypertension and diabetes plateaued after about 8,000 to 9,000 steps but the others were linear, meaning higher steps continued to reduce risk. I would say that the take home messages are that more steps are better.”

Current physical activity guidelines from the CDC for adult is “150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, such as brisk walking, dancing, bicycling, doubles tennis and water aerobics, and two days of muscle-strengthening activity each week”.

Dr. Andrew Freeman,director of cardiovascular prevention and wellnessat National Jewish Health in Denver, told CNN “Physical activity is just absolutely magnificent. And when if you blend that with eating a more plant-based diet, de-stressing, sleeping enough and connecting with others — that’s your magic recipe. It’s the fountain of youth, if you will.”