In a world overflowing with fitness plans, calorie-tracking apps and workouts that promise a new you in six weeks, it is ...

The new study offers an update on previous step-count research, but it may not actually be the best gauge of health ...

While the strengths of the meta-analysis include its sample size and that it was not restricted to studies limited to a maximum of 16,000 steps a day, there are some limitations. Importantly, because ...

A meta-analysis pooled data on dose-response associations between daily steps and a broad range of health outcomes. Increasing daily step counts above 2,000 was associated with risk reductions in ...

Even at levels that might be thought of as “sedentary,” getting in some extra daily steps appears to reduce the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death, a new meta-analysis confirms. All-cause ...

Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods, it can ...