People who use pedometers while walking will lose weight even without changing their diet, according to a University of Michigan Health System analysis of nine studies.
Participants in the study increased the distance they walked by one mile to slightly more than two miles each day, just by being conscious that they were keeping track of their activities.
“The amount of weight loss attributable to pedometer-based walking programs is small but significant,” says lead author Caroline R. Richardson, M.D., assistant professor in the University of Michigan Health System Department of Family Medicine. She also noted that the rate of weight loss increased in the participants who stuck to the program for a longer period of time.
Considering you can get basic pedometers for the price of a latte, maybe we should all be walking around with one on our belt.
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