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I applaud the Annal’s recent article by Richardson, “ A Meta-Analysis of Pedometer-Based Walking Interventions and Weight Loss” for it demonstrates how a thoughtful research question can lead to a practical clinical tool and a public health policy aid. This well done, analytically complicated review found that one could lose a modest amount of weight, about 1 pound every 10 weeks, by walking 20-40 minutes a day, regardl...
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While many physicians may hold skeptical beliefs about the efficacy of pedometer-based walking programs to confer significant health benefits, the meta-analytical review performed by Dr. Caroline Richardson and colleagues provides intriguing new evidence that modest increases in daily walking can help individuals lose weight. Although the review was limited by the small number of published cohort trials and randomized cont...
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