The status of step-count monitoring and its association with physical activity and sedentary time among older adults: a cross-sectional study of silver human resources center members
Korin Tateoka, Naofumi Yamamoto, Akiyo Higashionna, Kazuto Noguchi · 2026
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Korin Tateoka, Naofumi Yamamoto, Akiyo Higashionna, and Kazuto Noguchi report a 2026 study of step watching among older workers in Japan. The group came from silver human resource centers, which help older adults keep working. Of 622 members, about a third checked their step counts near daily, most by phone.
Frequent watchers were far more prone to have workout habits than those who never watched. Sitting time, though, showed no clear tie to how often steps were checked. The team frames the tally as ground work for plans that spread step watching more widely.
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| CREATOR | Korin Tateoka, Naofumi Yamamoto, Akiyo Higashionna, Kazuto Noguchi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |