Both smartwatches and fitness trackers (aka activity trackers) can help you stay connected, track your daily activities and monitor your progress towards fitness goals. But there are differences ...

Daily exercise might not be as necessary as you think. Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says adults should get at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week ...

In the new study, led by researchers from NIH’s National Cancer Institute, participants in the UK Biobank study (median age of 63) wore wrist accelerometers that tracked total daily activity ...

A basic pedometer can prove sufficient for measuring health-promoting physical activity, according to a study comparing pedometers with more complex devices. Simply counting steps captured a ...

In the new study, led by researchers from NIH's National Cancer Institute, participants in the UK Biobank study (median age of 63) wore wrist accelerometers that tracked total daily activity ...