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Year-Long Fitness Tracker Data May Offer Clues About Future Brain Health, Study Suggests

Adults who averaged fewer than 5,000 steps a day were later diagnosed with dementia, Parkinson's disease or stroke at almost twice the rate of those averaging more than 12,000 steps, according to a new study presented at the 151st Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA). The study, which analyzed a year of fitness-tracker data from more than 22,000 people, suggests that long-term activity patterns tracked by these popular devices may offer clues about future brain health.

October 19, 2026


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