A new global review of data has found that “increasing the number of daily steps, even at modest levels, was associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms.”
The findings were published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’. The Spanish study found that up to a level of about 10,000 steps per day, the odds for depression decline as daily step levels rise.
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.
Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems.
The researchers led by Estela Jimenez-Lopez, of the University of CastileLa Mancha, noted there’s already solid evidence that exercise of any kind is a natural antidepressant. But what about something as easy as walking?
