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More Than 10 Million Steps in the Right Direction: Results From the First American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Walking Challenge PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Harrington, R. A., Arena, R., Despres, J., Ciarochi, A., Croll, E., Bloch, K. D. 2015; 57 (4): 296-298

Abstract

In 2013, the Global Congress theme at the American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions was Physical Activity (PA). As a key component of the Congress, iHealth working in collaboration with AHA provided a Bluetooth-enabled wireless PA and sleep tracker to up to 2,000 Scientific Sessions attendees. Approximately 1850 Scientific Sessions attendees registered for, received a PA tracker and participated in the Walking Challenge. More than 10 million steps were walked by participants (10,703,504) during the 2.5 days of the Walking Challenge. This translates into almost 6000 miles walked (5976.3 miles) and 656,716 calories burned by participants during the Challenge. The Global Congress of PA held at Scientific Sessions 2013 not only extensively reviewed the science of PA as a powerful/independent and, most importantly, modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, but it also provided evidence from a fun and entertaining challenge that PA as a risk behavior can be assessed and targeted. We just took 10 million steps in the right direction. Join us and make your steps count!

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.009

View details for Web of Science ID 000348003900002

View details for PubMedID 25269063