Wearables can now track everything from heart rate variability to stride length. But access to so much data does not always mean better health.
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Wearables can now track everything from heart rate variability to stride length. But access to so much data does not always mean better health.
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Australian insurers can’t discriminate against clients on the basis of their health. So why are they doing everything they can to have people feed them sensitive health and fitness data?
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The fitness apps used to monitor or log activity may be doing a lot more than passively recording, according to a new study. The study looked at many trials and found that using a program to monitor movement increased weekly activity and daily steps.
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Fitness trackers can encourage users to become obsessive and lose connection to their bodies.
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As fitness trackers, in the form of apps and wearables, grow in prevalence, new Australian research has examined just how effective they are at motivating us to move.
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We look at fitness communities to keep you on track, and devices from Apple, Garmin and others
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Thinking of getting a device to help you get in shape for summer? Here's how to tell if you're the kind of person that will stick with it.
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News that these devices can wildly overestimate activity makes my obsession with Apple’s Health app look pretty sad than it was, says Sam Leith
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Dieters wearing activity trackers lost less, not more, weight than tech-free dieters, according to a new study.
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Wearing an activity device that counts how many steps you have taken does not appear to improve the chances of losing weight, research suggests.