From user-friendly displays to sleek wristbands, here’s exactly what to look for in a pedometer. In a world of smartwatches and smartphones that can seemingly track every health metric there is, there ...

Pedometers are a useful tool for tracking your steps and reaching your fitness goals. However, with so many types available, it can be challenging to determine which is right for you. While some offer ...

A pedometer is a small device people can wear to count the steps they take every day. Wearing one can encourage a person to move more and allow them to track their progress and set attainable goals. A ...

Just like a camera, the best pedometer is the one you always have with you. Pedometers can provide step count data and calculate key metrics like total distance traveled and calories. They come in a ...

Almost half of American adults don’t meet recommended weekly physical activity levels, but new BYU research suggests a surprisingly simple way to help increase exercise time: just strap on an activity ...

CNET Editor Josh Lowensohn spends a week with a new high-tech pedometer called the Fitbit that tracks fitness benchmarks, then sends them to the cloud. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Specifically, walking 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of an early death from any cause, when ...

Tracking exercise is a lot easier than it used to be. Back in the day, you needed a notebook, there was a lot of estimating, and it required your full attention. These days, apps and devices can keep ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between pedometer-determined ambulatory activity (steps/day) and body composition variables body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat). DESIGN: Secondary ...

Are you more likely to sit less and exercise more if you've got a little device tracking you every step of the way? Quite a few people think so. But public health do-gooders bent on getting Americans ...

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 ...