JamesWondi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoWalking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older peoplewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down16
arrow-up1101arrow-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 · 15 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·15 hours agoHow can you do something daily once a week?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·14 hours 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-up10·14 hours 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-up4·14 hours agoDoes ‘daily’ always mean every day or can it also mean per day?
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoIt can mean both, apparently.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 hours 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.