10% of Brits do less than 1,000 steps a day despite its health benefits

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MORE than a quarter of us are walking less than we used to — despite its health benefits, a poll shows.

One in ten admit their longest trek on a typical day is from the sitting room to the kitchen.

Vitality’s wellbeing coach Yetunde Bankole says it’s ‘important’ to make walking a daily habitLinkedin GettyDoing 5,000 steps three times a week can add up to three years to your life expectancy[/caption]

And a similar proportion say they walk fewer than 1,000 daily steps...