An app to monitor your steps might be helping you take more of them
CNN
The fitness apps used to monitor or log activity may be doing a lot more than passively recording, according to a new study. The study looked at many trials and found that using a program to monitor movement increased weekly activity and daily steps.
Monitoring exercise increased that activity among the more than 16,000 participants in a study published last week.
Researchers looked at data from 121 randomized control trials and 141 study comparisons to find what impact exercise monitors -- like those found on phone apps and Fitbits -- had on everyday physical activity, moderate and vigorous physical activity, and sedentary time, according to the study.

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