Pedometer Wearers Walk More, Lose More Weight

Inspiration, Geezer has noted, is sometimes hard to find. Inspiration to walk farther than necessary is often utterly invisible. Now comes a study, conducted at  Stanford and the University of Minnesota, indicating that people who used a pedometer for 18 weeks walked an average of seven miles more per week than pedometer-free people, and shaved 0.4 points from their body mass
indexes. The LA Times reports that the research analyzed results of 26 studies
of pedometer use, with a total of 2,767 participants. Most were female,
overweight and relatively inactive before they started their walking
programs. The average duration of the studies was 18 weeks. The bottom line: Researchers
found that participants who wore pedometers increased their activity by
27%, or by more than 2,000 steps daily, the equivalent of one mile.
Read more about pedometer pressure in the LA Times.