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[[File:Safety walking alone, World, 2024 (cropped).svg|link=|thumb|upright=1.6|right|Safety walking alone]] |
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Regular, brisk exercise may improve confidence, [[Endurance|stamina]], energy, [[weight control]] and may reduce [[Chronic stress|stress]].[ {{cite book |last1=Edlin |first1=Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MUi2yslAS0C&pg=PA156 |title=Health and wellness |last2=Golanty |first2=Eric |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7637-4145-7 |page=156}}][{{cite book |last=Tolley |first=Rodney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=738aG1QxoBUC&pg=PA72 |title=Sustainable transport: planning for walking and cycling in urban environments |publisher=Woodhead Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=1-85573-614-4 |page=72}}]{{better source|date=April 2026}} Walking may enhance [[memory]] skills, [[learning]] ability, [[attentional control|concentration]], mood, and overall health.[{{Cite web|title=Walking: Trim your waistline, improve your health |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/walking/art-20046261|access-date=2026-04-30|date=2024-03-12|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}}] In 2014, a study found that walking increased creativity.[{{Cite journal|last1=Oppezzo|first1=Marily|last2=Schwartz|first2=Daniel L.|s2cid=11962777|title=Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking.|journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition|volume=40|issue=4|pages=1142–1152|doi=10.1037/a0036577|pmid=24749966|year=2014]}} For many years it has also been know that there are health benefits from involvement in creative activities. The creative arts, from visual arts and writing to music and drama, are used in therapy for those recovering from mental illness or addiction.[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201406/creative-arts-therapy-and-expressive-arts-therapy|title=Creative Arts Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy|last=Malchiodi|first=Cathy|magazine=Psychology Today|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=September 12, 2017}}][{{cite journal|last1=Heenan|first1=Deirdre|s2cid=43879929|title=Art as therapy: an effective way of promoting positive mental health?|journal=Disability & Society|date=March 2006|volume=21|issue=2|pages=179–191|doi=10.1080/09687590500498143}}][See also [[Creativity and mental health]]] |
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Regular, brisk exercise may improve confidence, [[Endurance|stamina]], energy, [[weight control]] and may reduce [[Chronic stress|stress]].[ {{cite book |last1=Edlin |first1=Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MUi2yslAS0C&pg=PA156 |title=Health and wellness |last2=Golanty |first2=Eric |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7637-4145-7 |page=156}}][{{cite book |last=Tolley |first=Rodney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=738aG1QxoBUC&pg=PA72 |title=Sustainable transport: planning for walking and cycling in urban environments |publisher=Woodhead Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=1-85573-614-4 |page=72}}]{{better source|date=April 2026}} Walking may enhance [[memory]] skills, [[learning]] ability, [[attentional control|concentration]], mood, and overall health.[{{Cite web|title=Walking: Trim your waistline, improve your health |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/walking/art-20046261|access-date=2026-04-30|date=2024-03-12|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}}] In 2014, a study found that walking increased creativity.[{{Cite journal|last1=Oppezzo|first1=Marily|last2=Schwartz|first2=Daniel L.|s2cid=11962777|title=Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking.|journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition|volume=40|issue=4|pages=1142–1152|doi=10.1037/a0036577|pmid=24749966|year=2014}}][See also [[Creativity and mental health]]] |
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A 2023 study found that walking at least 2,337 steps per day was associated with reduced risk of dying from [[cardiovascular disease]]s, and 3,867 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from any cause.[{{cite journal |vauthors=Banach M, Lewek J, Surma S, Penson PE, Sahebkar A, Martin SS, Bajraktari G, Henein MY, Reiner Ž, Bielecka-Dąbrowa A, Bytyçi I |display-authors=3|title=The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis |journal=European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |volume=30 |issue=18 |pages=1975–1985 |date=December 2023 |pmid=37555441 |doi=10.1093/eurjpc/zwad229|url=https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article/30/18/1975/7226309}}] |
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A 2023 study found that walking at least 2,337 steps per day was associated with reduced risk of dying from [[cardiovascular disease]]s, and 3,867 steps a day reduced the risk of dying from any cause.[{{cite journal |vauthors=Banach M, Lewek J, Surma S, Penson PE, Sahebkar A, Martin SS, Bajraktari G, Henein MY, Reiner Ž, Bielecka-Dąbrowa A, Bytyçi I |display-authors=3|title=The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis |journal=European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |volume=30 |issue=18 |pages=1975–1985 |date=December 2023 |pmid=37555441 |doi=10.1093/eurjpc/zwad229|url=https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article/30/18/1975/7226309}}] |
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