JamesWondi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down16cross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comJamesWondi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months agoHow can you do something daily once a week?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 months agoThey mean 4000 on a single day once per week, i.e. not just 4000 steps per week spread over multiple days.
minus-squarefour@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoYou could read it as “meeting the daily quota just once a week has noticeable effects already”. But it is a weird way to word that headline
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoDoes ‘daily’ always mean every day or can it also mean per day?
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIt can mean both, apparently.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI think the same (like its German counterpart), as the journalists of the Guardian are probably native speakers who should know, but the reactions of other lemmings seems to suggest that the other meaning is relatively uncommon.
How can you do something daily once a week?
They mean 4000 on a single day once per week, i.e. not just 4000 steps per week spread over multiple days.
You could read it as “meeting the daily quota just once a week has noticeable effects already”.
But it is a weird way to word that headline
Does ‘daily’ always mean every day or can it also mean per day?
It means every day.
It can mean both, apparently.
I think the same (like its German counterpart), as the journalists of the Guardian are probably native speakers who should know, but the reactions of other lemmings seems to suggest that the other meaning is relatively uncommon.