India, May 11 -- New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) and published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that doing around 8,500 steps a day can help people keep weight off after dieting.

Weight management programmes frequently include advice to increase the number of steps walked each day, however, there is a lack of evidence to show that it helps with weight loss during dieting.

Moreover, it isn't clear if doing more steps also helps people maintain their new weight and, if it does, how many they should do.

"Around 80% of people with overweight or obesity who initially lose weight tend to put some or all of it back on ...