JamesWondi@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down16cross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comJamesWondi@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 year agoHow can you do something daily once a week?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year 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-up10·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoDoes ‘daily’ always mean every day or can it also mean per day?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.