JamesWondi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down16cross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
arrow-up1110arrow-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 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·3 days agoHow can you do something daily once a week?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days 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 days 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 days agoDoes ‘daily’ always mean every day or can it also mean per day?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days 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 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.
It means every day.