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Stephen Warwick

Is walking a good exercise for weight loss?

Apple Watch Ultra 2 showing an outdoor walk workout alongside a trainer.

Like any question about health and fitness worth answering, the question of whether walking is a good exercise for weight loss depends on several factors, and isn't necessarily clear-cut.

The UK’s NHS website describes walking as “simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier,” and in one sense, the answer to the question of whether walking is a good exercise for weight loss is a fairly simple yes. But how effective is it? And is walking a guaranteed method of losing weight?

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