For a long time, getting 10,000 steps a day was a goal for many people. However, that digit has since been debunked : 10,000 steps is kind of an arbitrary number, Catherine Hagan Vargo, a physical therapist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, previously told HuffPost .

While the 10,000-step number may not be as valuable as once thought and it can be a challenging daily step goal for most people a new study shows a more realistic number might improve certain health outcomes. The research published in Nature Journal found that walking 8,200 steps daily is linked to a lower chance of developing certain conditions and chronic diseases.

The recent study used data from the National Institutes of Healths nationwide All of Us Research Program, which focuses on underrepresented communities and uses various resources from electronic records, fitness trackers and more to determine the results. The study tracked 6,042 people ages 41 to 67 using electronic health records from Fitbit fitness trackers . Participants data were studied over four years, and all participants had to agree to wear their Fitbit for at least 10 hours a day.

Specifically, getting 8,200 steps daily resulted in a lower chance of obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, sleep apnea and major depressive disorder. The risk for these issues continued to lower the more steps people got beyond that. Getting between 8,000 and 9,000 steps each day resulted in a lower risk of diabetes and hypertension but that risk did not further decrease for people who took more than 9,000 steps a day.

Its worth noting one significant caveat: There was a considerable lack of diversity in the study 84% of participants were white, 73% were women and 71% had a college degree. Additionally, the participants had a lower rate of medical comorbidities when compared to other populations. So, more research is needed to determine if these results are true for other groups of people, too.