Step recording in health app

How can automatic recording in the Health App be switched off. Airplane mode does not switch it off. There seems no option in privacy Setting. Removing the Data from Dashboard does not work either.
The reason I want to switch it off is conservation of battery power. I use the iPhone GPS for long backcountry hiking trips. In the past I switched to airplane mode. That gave me enough power to use my GPS for 10 days on a single charge. I found this preserves battery power better than switching the phone off and on: Typically I would use the GPS to verify my position perhaps twice s day or every 10 miles.

Hi Jzuend,
I see you have questions about turning off reporting in the Health app. Here is an article for you that should be able to explain this:
Collect health and fitness data - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/8/#/iphbb8259c61
Stop app data collection. Tap Sources at the bottom of the Health screen, then select the app in the Apps list. Or tap the associated parameter in your Dashboard or in the Health Data list, tap Share Data, then choose the app under Data Sources.
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Braden

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