title: Ask the doctor. My daughter gave me a pedometer and told me to walk 10,000 steps a day. When I wore it for a while, I realized I was taking only about 3,000 steps a day. Is 10,000 a realistic number for someone my age (70 years)?
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015444:Exercise; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009043:Motor Activity; D053580:Muscle Strength; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016138:Walking