Sorry, Pokemon Go addicts, playing the video game doesn't count as a real workout

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 20:51 in Psychology & Sociology

Harvard University researchers have some bad news for Pokemon Go enthusiasts: The time you spend hunting digital monsters doesn’t qualify as a workout. After analyzing the movements of actual players, the researchers calculated that Pokemon Go encouraged people to take an average of 955 extra steps...

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