A recent study found that increasing your daily step count may reduce symptoms — as well as risk — of depression. The study, conducted by Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Valentina Díaz-Goñi and Estela Jiménez ...

It’s no secret that walking workouts are seriously trendy right now. From "hot girl walks" to power walking and rucking, people are realizing they can work up a pretty good sweat just by putting one ...

“The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per ...

Combining wearable-derived daily step counts with polygenic risk scores improves the prediction of incident type 2 diabetes ...

Ever since the advent of Fitbits and Apple Watches, 10,000 has been the magic step count number. For the average person walking at an average pace, hitting that goal takes about an hour and a ...

The fitness community regularly touts the health benefits of getting in 10,000 steps per day. But a new study says that a good deal fewer steps can still deliver significant benefits, including a 47% ...

(HealthDay News) — Higher daily step counts are associated with fewer depressive symptoms in adults, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online online Dec. 16 in JAMA Network ...

New research indicates that older women who walked approximately 4,000 steps just once or twice weekly significantly lowered their risk of premature death by 26 per cent and heart disease by 27 per ...

Your daily step count might reveal more than just your fitness progress. In a study of nearly 95,000 adults wearing activity trackers, lower step totals were linked to later Parkinson’s diagnoses.

Google says that its Wear OS 5.1 update makes the Pixel Watch 3 and previous models much better at handling "challenging" step count tracking, like pushing a stroller or shopping cart. I put this new ...