The study showed passive smartphone monitoring of your walking activity, meaning if you keep your phone in your pocket and it tracks your steps, could help researchers understand a nation's health and death risk.
Although the wrist sensor is different to how people usually carry a smartphone, the devices can detect information about walking intensity. A person's walking speed was a predictor of five-year mortality independent of age and sex, the study said.
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