Withings Health Mate App Adding Spurious Steps

In case anyone else is having problems with Apple Health displaying too many steps, especially with additional steps showing up during the hours in which you are sleeping, I hope this post helps. I figured out that the issue had to do with the Withings Health Mate app writing spurious step data during my sleep hours. Disabling the option (from within the Apple Health app under Sources -> Health Mate, then under “Allow Health Mate to Write Data,” switch off the option for “Steps” and viola!!! Spurious steps removed!!! Hallelujah!!! My Apple Health step count now matches my Fitbit step count more closely.