Shopping Mall Walking Program Boosts Daily Steps via Smartphone

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About The Study: This study found that the use of a smartphone-based mall walking program combined with physical shopping mall facilities and lottery-based digital incentive coupons may motivate people to increase their daily number of walking steps.

Authors: Masamichi Hanazato, Ph.D., of Chiba University in Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan, is the corresponding author.

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(doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.53957)

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