The same people who gave us the drink 8 glasses of water a day. I did find two studies related to amount of walking to show health benefits: http://link.sprin

The same people who gave us the drink 8 glasses of water a day. I did find two studies related to amount of walking to show health benefits: http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-199723050-00004#page-1 http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-199723050-... http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/handle/2436/11110 http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/handle/2436/11110 No mention of number of steps. I think people add it for a way to equate a certain amount of time walking.