Treadmill Walking Is Not Quite Walking: 55 Studies Show a Higher Oxygen Cost and Shorter, Quicker Steps at the Same Speed - and a Treadmill Desk Adds About 100 kcal an Hour

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Walking on a treadmill looks like walking on a pavement with the scenery removed. Coaches have long suspected it is not quite the same movement, and office workers now walk on treadmills for hours at a time under a desk. Two questions follow: does a treadmill change how a person walks and what it costs them, and does a treadmill desk actually move the needle on sitting, energy and health?

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