A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day — but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered their blood pressure and lost a ...

Walking can help pave the way to fitness. But are you taking enough steps to get results? Using a pedometer can help you set and achieve fitness goals. A pedometer can offer motivation and ...

It seems really weird to think back to a time when your mobile phone couldn’t do the jobs of a dozen other devices. Now that smartphones have supplanted everything from compasses and Rolodexes to ...

A basic pedometer can prove suffice for measuring health-promoting physical activity, according to a study comparing pedometers with more complex devices. Simply counting steps captured a remarkable ...

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A study from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) shows that physician-delivered step count prescriptions, combined with the use of a pedometer, can lead to a 20 per ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pedometer use and step count goals have become popular in physical activity (PA) interventions in different settings. Previous pedometer-based ...

Spring seems to have sprung. It’s hard to believe that we made it through the entire month of March with no snow and we have already hit the 80-degrees mark. Spring is a great time of the year. It’s ...