Zan Gao, Ph.D., Kinesiology Associate Professor and Director of the Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL), has co-authored a research article titled “Associations between Daily Step Counts and Physical Fitness in Preschool Children” in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. 

Gao worked with a group of researchers from Shanghai University of Sports. In this project, they investigated the relationships between daily step counts and health-related physical fitness in preschool children from Shanghai, China. Their findings suggest positive relationships between daily step counts and physical fitness in preschool children. The correlation was strongest for young boys who accumulated 8000 steps/day. 

Read more about the project here:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/1/163