Fitbits DO make you move more! Review of over 100 randomised trials finds
3 years, 2 months ago

Fitbits DO make you move more! Review of over 100 randomised trials finds

Daily Mail  

They were written off by many as just another fitness fad. But a new review has found wearable activity devices like Fitbits and Apple watches really can make people more active. Overall, people who wear monitors take an extra 1,200 steps each day and complete nearly 50 minutes more of exercise per week, the results suggested. A study has found physical activity devices encourage people to do nearly 50 minutes of extra moderate to vigorous exercise per week The NHS recommends adults complete 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week to improve their health, and in particular, reduce their chances of heart disease or a stroke. Overall, the devices encouraged people to do more general physical activity, the equivalent of 1,235 extra steps and more 'moderate to vigorous physical activity', equivalent to 48.5 extra minutes per week.

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Apple Watch: 10 years on, Apple’s head of fitness reveals how the smartwatch has changed
2 months, 1 week ago

Apple Watch: 10 years on, Apple’s head of fitness reveals how the smartwatch has changed

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think one of the things I love about Apple Watch, the fitness ecosystem and Apple Fitness+, …

Best Fitbit watches for women: Top 8 options to achieve your fitness goals with smart tracking
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Best Fitbit watches for women: Top 8 options to achieve your fitness goals with smart tracking

Live Mint  

Fitbit watches for women are the perfect blend of style, functionality, and advanced health tracking. Specifications Display AMOLED Battery life 6+ days Connectivity Bluetooth GPS Built-in Exercise modes 40+ Material Graphite Aluminum Reasons to buy Extensive workout modes and built-in GPS Long battery life and real-time stats Reasons to avoid Daily Readiness Score requires Premium Notifications only work when phone …

Opinion: Why I’m getting rid of my smartwatch
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Why I’m getting rid of my smartwatch

LA Times  

Many consumers have been drawn to smartwatches for their displays of metrics such as step count and heart rate. An MRI found that the lingering pain I’d been ignoring in my heels — something my watch hadn’t picked up on — was caused by four running-induced stress fractures. I’ve realized that health optimization tools — the ones marketed as necessary …

Fitbits, Apple Watches and Other Fitness Trackers Really Do Make You Healthier
1 year, 6 months ago

Fitbits, Apple Watches and Other Fitness Trackers Really Do Make You Healthier

Live Mint  

It’s time to dust off that fitness band or smartwatch and start tracking your activity again. Just the practice of tracking steps can make you think more about health and adopt healthier habits, according to a clinical trial in which participants wore Apple Watches for five weeks. And in a six-week study in Australia, when parents and their kids all …

Best Fitbits to track your fitness in 2023 tried and tested
1 year, 7 months ago

Best Fitbits to track your fitness in 2023 tried and tested

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Since arriving on the wearables scene in 2009, Fitbits …

37 Tech Gifts That'll Make Their Lives Easier
2 years, 4 months ago

37 Tech Gifts That'll Make Their Lives Easier

Huff Post  

A Fitbit Luxe if they've been saying they want to get more active in 2023 "So I needed to start building habits for a healthier lifestyle. Well, I’ve been using this Fitbit luxe for about a week and a half and I’ve dedicated myself to logging food on the app, trying to get better sleep, and drinking water. Gave me …

When wearable technology leads to obsessive behaviour
2 years, 4 months ago

When wearable technology leads to obsessive behaviour

Live Mint  

I have this friend; let's call her Priya. Not only am I confused by the desire to wear technology that looks like you escaped from the hospital, but I also don't see why one needs so many forms of data collection to determine if they are on the right track with their health and wellness goals. You review the data …

Activity trackers could be agents of behavioural change
2 years, 4 months ago

Activity trackers could be agents of behavioural change

Live Mint  

Insufficient physical activity is a major health threat. According to a World Health Organisation report, almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other non-communicable ailments attributable to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030, costing $27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical activity among their populations. A meta-analysis study, ‘Effectiveness of …

Meeting your daily step goal 'really does prevent illnesses'
2 years, 5 months ago

Meeting your daily step goal 'really does prevent illnesses'

Daily Mail  

Some days it can feel all too easy to stay in bed or lounge on the sofa. A team from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre asked more than 6,000 participants to wear Fitbit activity trackers for at least 10 hours a day. A team from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre asked more than 6,000 participants to wear Fitbit activity trackers for at …

The Fitbit Inspire 2 is on sale for $76 and shoppers say it's just as accurate as an Apple Watch
2 years, 8 months ago

The Fitbit Inspire 2 is on sale for $76 and shoppers say it's just as accurate as an Apple Watch

Daily Mail  

SHOPPING — Contains affiliated content. If you want your watch to do more than just tell the time but can’t justify the expense of an Apple Watch, take a look at the Fitbit Inspire 2. Plus, there are hundreds of guided workouts on the Fitbit Premium software, of which you’ll get a whole year’s free subscription with your purchase of …

Can wearing activity trackers encourage you toexercise
2 years, 8 months ago

Can wearing activity trackers encourage you toexercise

Live Mint  

Millions of people worldwide believe that fitness trackers, pedometers and smart watches motivate them to exercise more and lose weight, according to a new study by Australian researchers. Wearable activity trackers encourage us to walk up to 40 minutes more each day, resulting in an average 1kg weight loss over five months. Researchers from the University of South Australia reviewed …

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Hi-tech wristbands can be unreliable at monitoring your health
2 years, 9 months ago

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Hi-tech wristbands can be unreliable at monitoring your health

Daily Mail  

Are you one of the 26 per cent of Britons who own a fitness tracker, such as a Fitbit? Take the popular belief that wearing a fitness tracker will help with weight loss — the idea being that if you use your tracker to keep yourself active, you’ll burn calories and lose weight. The term was coined a few years …

Keeping track of fitness
3 years, 1 month ago

Keeping track of fitness

Deccan Chronicle  

Performance often gets better when monitored, and the same applies to physical activity. Due to our hectic schedules and lifestyles, we tend to skip physical activity for a day or days but the fitness trackers are great in pushing you into being active,” she says. Shalini Passi, fitness enthusiast and founder, SPAF & MASH, online platform promoting architecture, art, design, …

Physical activity monitoring devices help boost activity levels in adults: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Physical activity monitoring devices help boost activity levels in adults: Study

Hindustan Times  

A new research has found that physical activity monitors like fitness applications and wearable devices help in increasing the activity levels in adults. Modern physical activity monitoring devices have the potential to change people's behaviour, but studies looking at their effectiveness have often reached different conclusions. To address this uncertainty, researchers in Denmark searched databases for trials comparing activity levels …

Wearable fitness trackers aren't as useless as some make them out to be; here's why
3 years, 3 months ago

Wearable fitness trackers aren't as useless as some make them out to be; here's why

Firstpost  

A meta-analysis of 35 studies in various chronic disease populations suggested users added around 2,100 additional steps per day after they started using a wearable activity tracker Melbourne: Wearable fitness trackers will be on many Christmas shopping lists this year, with a vast range of devices hitting the market just in time for the festive season. So far fitness trackers …

Moderate-vigorous physical activity is most efficient at improving fitness: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Moderate-vigorous physical activity is most efficient at improving fitness: Study

Hindustan Times  

In the largest study performed to date to understand the relationship between habitual physical activity and physical fitness, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have found that a higher amount of time spent performing exercise and low-moderate level activity and less time spent sedentary, translated to greater physical fitness. Moderate-vigorous physical activity is most efficient at improving fitness: Study …

Best fitbits 2021: Track your fitness with the charge 4, inspire, luxe, versa 3 and more
3 years, 6 months ago

Best fitbits 2021: Track your fitness with the charge 4, inspire, luxe, versa 3 and more

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fitbit has developed quickly in the four years of its existence, from a …

Fitbit luxe vs Fitbit charge 4: What is the difference between the exercise tracking and wellness smartwatches?
3 years, 6 months ago

Fitbit luxe vs Fitbit charge 4: What is the difference between the exercise tracking and wellness smartwatches?

The Independent  

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Fitbit Versa 3 vs Fitbit Sense: Which fitness watch is best?
3 years, 10 months ago

Fitbit Versa 3 vs Fitbit Sense: Which fitness watch is best?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fitbit CEO and co-founder James Park, in a letter to Fitbit owners, moved …

The Top Fitness Apps to Kickstart Your Health Goals in 2025
4 years ago

The Top Fitness Apps to Kickstart Your Health Goals in 2025

Wired  

Speaking of proprietary equipment: If you want to subscribe to Apple's subscription service, Fitness+, you will first need an iPhone that's capable of updating to the latest OS. If you want to watch classes on your TV, you'll need an Apple TV, although you can However, Fitness+ has added a lot of content over the years, which includes Artist Spotlights, …

Can fitness trackers help fight obesity?
4 years ago

Can fitness trackers help fight obesity?

Live Mint  

The findings of a pooled data analysis of existing evidence suggests that wearable fitness trackers and step counters are helpful in shedding pounds for people who are overweight, obese, or who have weight-related health conditions. The trials looked at the impact of commercially available wearable fitness trackers and research-grade wearable motion sensors and accelerometers) on weight loss and BMI reduction …

Fitness apps and activity trackers help boost physical activity, reduce health risks
4 years, 3 months ago

Fitness apps and activity trackers help boost physical activity, reduce health risks

Live Mint  

Smartphone fitness apps and wearable activity trackers do help boost physical activity levels, finds a review and pooled data analysis of the available evidence. Some of the most effective strategies to increase physical activity include behaviour change techniques, such as self-monitoring and feedback, which smartphone apps and wearable activity trackers can provide. Pooling the data from 28 of these studies …

Fitness apps and activity trackers a success in lockdown, study finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Fitness apps and activity trackers a success in lockdown, study finds

Daily Mail  

Smartphone fitness apps and wearable activity trackers really boost physical activity levels, a new study reveals. After analysing data of 7,454 people, researchers found smartphone apps or activity trackers increased physical activity by an average of 1,850 steps a day. Compared with other approaches, smartphone apps or activity trackers increased physical activity by an average of 1,850 steps a day, …

WHO Advises Adults, Children Should 'Move More' to Stay Fit in Pandemic Era
4 years, 4 months ago

WHO Advises Adults, Children Should 'Move More' to Stay Fit in Pandemic Era

News 18  

All adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week, even more vital for well-being and mental health in the COVID-19 era, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday in its first guidance in a decade. And people of all ages must compensate for growing sedentary behaviour with physical activity to ward off disease and …

Fitbit Inspire is Amazon's best selling fitness tracker (that also has £20 off right now)
5 years, 2 months ago

Fitbit Inspire is Amazon's best selling fitness tracker (that also has £20 off right now)

Daily Mail  

Is one of your New Year's resolutions to exercise more or perhaps to lead a healthier and more active lifestyle? One item that has become remarkably popular - and is now Amazon's bestselling activity tracker - is the Fitbit Inspire. Fitbit Inspire is Amazon's bestselling fitness tracker and is currently reduced by 29 per cent The Fitbit Inspire is easy …

Health tips: Using pedometers while walking may boost your health later
7 years ago

Health tips: Using pedometers while walking may boost your health later

India TV News  

Researchers have found that people who use pedometers to count their steps as part of a 12-week walking programme, can have a healthier, more active lifestyle later. "We knew that pedometers could improve physical activity levels in the population in the short-term, but long-term health benefits require sustained increases in physical activity levels," said co-author of the study, Tess Harris, …

When Your Activity Tracker Becomes a Personal Medical Device
7 years, 3 months ago

When Your Activity Tracker Becomes a Personal Medical Device

Wired  

Fitbit spent its first decade selling activity trackers. The company’s business-to-business arm, called Health Solutions, is now addressing four health conditions---sleep disorders including sleep apnea, diabetes, cardiovascular health and mental health---for employers, health insurers, healthcare providers, and researchers. “There is a dramatic difference in consumer acceptance and engagement when you say, ‘Hey, here is a medical device from Medtronic, go …

Smartphone apps may not be accurate at tracking your physical activity
7 years, 3 months ago

Smartphone apps may not be accurate at tracking your physical activity

ABP News  

Washington D.C., Dec. 7 : If you completely rely on your smartphone to monitor your physical activity, then you are probably more active than it shows, finds a recent study. According to the University of British Columbia researchers, the iPhone's built-in pedometer missed about 1,340 steps during a user's typical day when compared to a purpose-built accelerometer worn on the …

Bored With Your Fitbit? These Cancer Researchers Aren't
7 years, 6 months ago

Bored With Your Fitbit? These Cancer Researchers Aren't

Wired  

If you’re trying to get in shape and you want a tiny, wrist-bound computer to help you do it, you have more options than ever before. And the ones equipped with Fitbit’s proprietary heart rate monitoring tech are on even shakier ground; the company is part of an ongoing class action lawsuit alleging dangerous inaccuracies. Some researchers, like Sheri Hartman, …

Fitness trackers can make you put on weight, study finds
8 years, 6 months ago

Fitness trackers can make you put on weight, study finds

The Independent  

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Are You Drinking the Fitbit Kool-Aid?
8 years, 7 months ago

Are You Drinking the Fitbit Kool-Aid?

Huff Post  

Everybody and their mom has a Fitbit. It’s also mind-numbingly boring, and—in my experience as a personal trainer for the last 13 years—I have rarely seen it change anyone’s life for the better. We are all in a delicate dance with our bodies, a dance firmly based in relentless measurement and control—and we’re convinced that if we stopped dancing, everything …

According to a study, exercise undervalued by up to 40 percent by fitness bands
8 years, 8 months ago

According to a study, exercise undervalued by up to 40 percent by fitness bands

Firstpost  

Fitness freaks, take note! Popular wrist-worn tracking bands may underestimate exercise levels by up to 40 percent, a new study has found. “Combining these two factors, it shows there are limits to how much trust we can place in such devices to monitor energy balance and, therefore, to serve as weight loss aids,” said Wallen. The measurements of the wrist-worn …

WWDC 2016: Apple watchOS 3 brings fitness tracking for wheelchair-bound users
8 years, 9 months ago

WWDC 2016: Apple watchOS 3 brings fitness tracking for wheelchair-bound users

Firstpost  

Fitness trackers routinely measure physical activity such as running and cycling and encourage people to stand up and walk around throughout the day. The efforts could give Apple’s smartwatch an image boost over stand-alone fitness trackers such as Fitbit, though the target market isn’t likely large enough to significantly lift sales. “We realize that while it was great for messages …

Wearable fitness monitors DON'T motivate us to exercise - even if we're sporty
8 years, 10 months ago

Wearable fitness monitors DON'T motivate us to exercise - even if we're sporty

Daily Mail  

Many of us believe buying a shiny new fitness tracking device will kickstart our exercise ambitions - leading to a leaner, more sculpted body. But wearable gadgets don't actually motivate exercise at all, a study has found. But wearable fitness monitors don't actually motivate exercise at all, a study found They recruited a group of 36 trainee PE teachers and …

Do fitness trackers really work?
8 years, 11 months ago

Do fitness trackers really work?

ABC  

Fitness trackers are the accessory of the moment for the aspirationally active — you can see them dangling from wrists and pinned to belts everywhere. Tips for fitness tracker success Get competitive with friends and family by synching your devices Incentivise achieving your goals Give your fitness tracker as much personal data as possible to improve the quality of the …

Study finds Fitbit helps monitor physical activity of cardiac patients
9 years ago

Study finds Fitbit helps monitor physical activity of cardiac patients

India TV News  

Sydney: Fitbit -- one of the most popular physical activity-monitoring device -- is a valid and reliable way of monitoring physical actions of cardiac patients, finds a study. "Accurate activity tracking devices offer researchers and clinicians the potential to influence physical activity behaviour change, make a direct and real-time impact on self-management of physical activity and offer clinicians real world …

Smart wearable devices on track to serve fitness fanatics
9 years, 2 months ago

Smart wearable devices on track to serve fitness fanatics

China Daily  

Celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and actress Jordana Brewster lead a workout outside the New York Stock Exchange after Fitbit Inc's initial public offering last June. Early this month, the United States-based Fitbit Inc, the world's largest manufacturer of wearables fitness bands, announced the launch of a smart fitness watch called Fitbit Blaze, a trailblazer of sorts. Blaze is the first …

Top 8 health and fitness apps to help create a healthy lifestyle[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 2 months ago

Top 8 health and fitness apps to help create a healthy lifestyle[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

By glancing at the wrists of people running on a treadmill, practicing yoga or even walking their dogs, you'll probably see growing numbers of smart bands and watches being worn by the exercisers. Apple alone shipped 13 million units of the Apple Watch last year which is a 61.3 percent share of the smartwatch market. WatchOS 2, the system introduced …

Top 8 health and fitness apps to help create a healthy lifestyle[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 2 months ago

Top 8 health and fitness apps to help create a healthy lifestyle[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

By glancing at the wrists of people running on a treadmill, practicing yoga or even walking their dogs, you'll probably see growing numbers of smart bands and watches being worn by the exercisers. Apple alone shipped 13 million units of the Apple Watch last year which is a 61.3 percent share of the smartwatch market. WatchOS 2, the system introduced …

I Tracked Every Moment Of My Life With An Apple Watch, And It Drove Me Nuts
9 years, 2 months ago

I Tracked Every Moment Of My Life With An Apple Watch, And It Drove Me Nuts

Huff Post  

Lee-or Atsmon Fruin This story is part of a 10-piece series for which HuffPost staffers agreed to experiment with improving their health and decreasing their stress on the job. I would continue logging my exercise and keep track of the Apple Watch’s functions to track steps, movement and activity. DAILY DIARY Author's screenshot of the Lark app Day 1 I …

Wearable fitness trackers: the dark side
9 years, 3 months ago

Wearable fitness trackers: the dark side

The Independent  

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Every step you take, every move you make, it's watching you
9 years, 8 months ago

Every step you take, every move you make, it's watching you

China Daily  

A man wears several fitness trackers in New York, Dec 15, 2014. Every night at 10:00 pm, the closing time of each day's count, she checks her tally on the social networking application that tells her whether she, or one of her cyber friends, has taken the most steps that day. There are no medals for being WeChat's top stepper, …

Check wearable lifestyle monitoring devices before buying
10 years, 6 months ago

Check wearable lifestyle monitoring devices before buying

India TV News  

New York: If you plan to buy a wearable device fitted with health apps to improve your well-being, do not go by its flashy Given the large and quickly growing market for these devices, researchers at the University of Texas analysed 13 of these activity monitors - such as those made by Fitbit, Jawbone or Nike - to compare how …

This app can make obese people agile
10 years, 9 months ago

This app can make obese people agile

India TV News  

New York: If you are used to a sedentary lifestyle, this app can help you become a little active. This smartphone-based app can produce short-term reductions in sedentary behaviour that may be effective in improving health.More sedentary time, regardless of physical activity levels, is associated with greater risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and mortality. But it's not widely recognised that …

Fitbit recalls its $130 Force fitness gadget afters complaints it causes sores and leaves permanent scarring
11 years, 1 month ago

Fitbit recalls its $130 Force fitness gadget afters complaints it causes sores and leaves permanent scarring

Daily Mail  

Fitbit recalls its $130 Force fitness wristband afters admitting it can cause allergic reaction Since the $130 device launched last November the Fitbit forum has been deluged with users posting grim photos of the marks left on their skin Firm says 1.7 percent of users reported skin irritation Will offer full refund to users and is recalling every unit Fitbit …

New Year's resolutions: the apps and technology to help you keep fit in 2014
11 years, 3 months ago

New Year's resolutions: the apps and technology to help you keep fit in 2014

The Independent  

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