"From helping you lose weight and de-stress to lowering your blood pressure and reducing your risk of many chronic diseases — going for regular walks is one of the best and easiest things you can do for your health," says Melina B. Jampolis, MD, author of the new book The Doctor on Demand Diet [Prevention Magazine, 2017]. In a Harvard Health publication, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says walking is "the closest thing we have to a wonder drug."

Arthritis.org has one of our favorite lists of how walking can improve your life, your body, and your being, so we're highlighting their top points below: