"Can step counters counter obesity? You answer."

Dare to Be 100: Actual Causes of Death

"My acknowledged obsession is with physical activity which I believe to be the panacea that we seek. How do we get people to move more? The editors of a major finance journal called me and asked my opinion whether the popular activity monitors are doing any public health good. My answer was prosaic in asserting that if they can assist in encouraging a more active lifestyle that is a value. But the truth of course is that most of them are consigned to the bedside drawer and languish there. Certainly our epidemic of obesity smirches our intelligence. Can step counters counter obesity? You answer."