It may be time to pull out your step counters and start adding walking to your daily to-do lists. A recent U.K. study indicates taking 10,000 steps each day can help cut your risk of dementia by half.
Oct 10, 2022
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Two studies, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and JAMA Neurology, monitored 78,500 adults with wearable trackers—making these the largest studies to objectively track step count in relation to health outcomes.
Sep 12, 2022
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By analyzing Fitbit data and self-reported symptoms, researchers from Evidation Health and collaborators analyzed trends in heart rate, step count, and symptom duration between patients with flu and those with COVID-19. While ...
Dec 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—When it comes to monitoring physical activity, we've come a long way from pedometers that only counted steps.
Jan 25, 2019
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Many of us have smartwatches or apps on our phones that count the number of steps we do. Usually, we aim to reach at least 10,000 steps a day, which we are often reminded is the target to help improve our health. This target ...
Sep 9, 2021
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The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä has examined how changes in the daily step count are related to changes in the body mass index (BMI).
Sep 28, 2017
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La Trobe University researchers have put one of the world's most popular activity trackers to the test.
Nov 28, 2018
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(HealthDay)—A physician-delivered step count prescription strategy with an individualized rate of increase can result in an increase in step count/day, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in Diabetes, Obesity ...
Jan 25, 2017
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