Does one long walk have more health benefits than many short ones?
A new study may have an answer.
From The Times
November 23, 2025

A new study is one of the first to analyze whether going on longer walks has more health benefits than taking multiple short ones.

A woman wearing a pink top and purple bottoms walks on a path lined with trees and grass.

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Here’s what the study found. →

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