Research
Adherence
Mobile health (m-Health) interventions using push notifications and real-time data capture can significantly increase daily step counts compared to control groups without such interventions.
Use a fitness tracker with push notifications to increase your daily steps. Be aware that while this works for short-term increases in activity, long-term adherence may be difficult without additional support systems like gamification or social features.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Results showed that the intervention group, who received push-notifications, had significantly higher step counts than their control counterparts (Zhou et al. 2018).
Why this rating
Based on a single cited trial (Zhou et al. 2018) within a review paper; the paper itself notes that usefulness of trackers is disputed and behavior change may be short-lived.
Source
PeRsOnalised nutriTion for hEalthy livINg: The PROTEIN project
Saskia Wilson-Barnes et al. · Nutrition Bulletin · 2021
DOI 10.1111/nbu.12482
narrative_reviewCited 22×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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