Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that smartphone applications and wearable devices are actually quite accurate in tracking step counts. “Data from smartphones were only slightly different than observed step counts, but could be higher or lower,” wrote the authors of the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Multiple studies have shown that if you’re aware of and alerted to your progress, you’re more likely to keep up the good work, exercising regularly and staying active. But if you’re going to keep that phone while walking around, just make sure you keep your head up and look where you’re going.
