Today’s Solutions: October 17, 2026

It sometimes feels like if you want to truly make a difference in your health, you need to hit the gym every day or make every workout as intense as possible. But new research suggests that simply walking more can have a real impact on lifespan. In fact, people in the study who walked just 150 minutes a week or more had a 20 percent lower risk of premature death, compared to those who walked less.

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