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Research is revealing that fitness trackers alone can be helpful facilitators toward changing a sedentary lifestyle but don’t motivate people to increase their physical activity.
About one in five Aussies currently own a wearable fitness tracker of some kind. Yet many people doubt their effectiveness. Let’s see what the research suggests.
We believe fitness trackers keep us healthy, and connected toys keep children safe – but such devices are easily abused.
From step counters and active video games to apps for exercisers and tech-enabled gear, there are a lot of ways to combine your workouts with your digital life.
Fitness information like resting heart rate collected by wearable devices can’t diagnose diseases, but it can signal when something is wrong. That can be enough to prompt a COVID-19 test.
Training data collected by fitness trackers may be useful to predict marathon performance
The watchdog has voiced concerns over the proposed US$2.1 billion merger, from which both users and Australian health services could lose out.
A health informatics researcher explains why people don’t always get the ‘credit’ they think they should from using wearable fitness trackers.
A small body of research has started to explore how fitness trackers and calorie counting apps might be linked to disordered eating and exercise.
People are more willing to participate in fitness tracker-based insurance policies when they are in control of their participation.
German study shows that a multi-pronged approach works best.
As health care grows more digital, an array of health apps promise to track steps, count heartbeats and look at moles. But without more FDA oversight, could we be shooting ourselves in the foot?
An offer that appears beneficial on the surface, but can lead to unintended negative consequences is called a “perverse incentive”.
Insurer John Hancock now requires customers to use activity trackers for life insurance policies. Here’s how that will put life insurance and even mortgages out of reach for many people.
Gadgets that tell too many people to go to the doctor are a worry, but the growing enthusiasm for health monitoring should be encouraged.
Heart-rate monitors can be accurate – as long as you don’t move.
Wearables help regular people track their activity, but sophisticated technology can give deeper insights to elite athletes.
It’s not just fitness trackers – mobile phones can reveal users’ whereabouts too, even with location tracking turned off.
Fitbits and other trackers are just the latest iteration of the fitness industry’s relationship with technology.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
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SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Behavioural Science, University of Bath
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow in Physical activity and workplace health, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Swansea University
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Associate Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in Data Science, University of Bath
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Literature, Brunel University London
