Last Saturday when Toronto was so bathed in spring sunshine and warmth that every two-legged mammal seemed to emerge from hibernation, I too opted to do all my errands on foot. It took me 1,162 steps ...

Using a pedometer could halve people’s chances of developing diabetes during middle age, a study revealed today. Volunteers who used the step-counting machines to walk for just half an hour a day for ...

A pedometer is a small gadget that clips onto your hip and counts steps. These days, millions of people are using them, as public health campaigns and for-profit diet plans urge a daily target of ...

GPS navigator, recipe finder, camera, music player: the phones that most of us use today go well beyond voice-to-voice communication. However, if you thought your smartphone could also serve as a ...

Currently, there is a limited amount of research exploring physical activity measurement tools in overweight and obese (OW/OB) children using pedometers. Thus, our objective was to determine the ...

Do your evenings typically consist of you perching your overweight frame on the couch, slurping down microwaveable pizzas between guttural sobs of despair? If so, the compact device above could be the ...

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 ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Last night, and possibly because the month of October came to a close, Google Now started showing a new card ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some pedometers may be less accurate when they are kept in a pocket or placed in a purse, especially at slower and faster walking speeds, according to a new study.

The goal of taking 10,000 steps in a day is a rough equivalent to the Surgeon General's recommendation to accumulate 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. It should be enough to reduce your ...