WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY: HEALTH AND FITNESS TRACKERS

Wearable Technology: Health and Fitness Trackers

04/01/2016

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Health and Fitness Trackers

More and more people are catching on solely for tracking one or two specific to the trend of wearable technology for objectives. health and fitness. They have become a

popular topic in the tech world; a statistic Why use Fitness Trackers from statista shows that 40% of US Knowledge is power. Knowing where Best fitness trackers 2016: Jawbone, consumers are interested in buying a smart our current fitness level is, and watching our Misfit, , and more watch. Whether people like the technology progress throughout the day often helps us Highlights which activity trackers may be because of its intended purpose or for become motivated to reach the goals we set best for different purposes, such as making a statement, the facts remain for ourselves. Having a device that tracks the same, they are becoming more and more steps and calories and other health related tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, etc. prevalent and are projected to grow form 7% issues helps us to hold ourselves accountable

of people owning them to 28% in the coming and begin to work on improving the things year. we may or may not have been honest with ourselves about before. Not a lot of long The Purpose of Health and Fitness term studies have been conducted, but Trackers research does show that using fitness Health and fitness trackers do exactly trackers increases productivity in the what they sound like they would. They track workplace different aspects of your health and fitness. There are many options when choosing a Most Popular type or brand of fitness tracker and many of Currently Fitbit is leading the market and is most popular. They offer a wide them specialize in different areas. Some can keep track of steps, calories, sleep, workouts, variety of models that range in prices and and help remind you to get up periodically capabilities. The is second in A Is the Apple Watch a Good Health throughout the day to reach movement and the running and is expected to take the lead and Fitness Tracker? fitness goals. Others offer all of these and soon in the coming year, 2016. It is pricier but Describes the functions of the apple watch more. Depending on what you want to track offers a lot of interaction with fitness and how it works as a fitness tracker. and the functionality you want out of a tracking and other applications such as maps and messaging. device determines which type of watch/band you would want to own. For example, some devices double as watches, while others are WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY: HEALTH AND FITNESS TRACKERS | 2

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Once a decision is made to make a breaks. Wearable technology provides change to your lifestyle, every good 7. At Work, Take the Long Way – At substantial benefits for job satisfaction and decision is a step in the right direction. work, walk the long way to the productivity. Employees who are armed with The following are simple, but great, copier, restroom, coworkers office, wearable devices in the workplace increase ways to implement healthy habits while or to get water or coffee. their productivity by 8.5 percent and their job putting your fitness tracker to good use. satisfaction by 3.5 percent. References 1. Park Further Away From Where You are Going – Everyone always fights for the coveted front spots, Abramovich, G. (2016). 15 Mind-blowing stats about wearable but you can save time driving, gas, 71% technology. Retrieved from: and frustration by parking further 71% of Americans say the wearable http://www.cmo.com/articles/2 away. The most important part is technology has improved their health and 014/6/16/Mind_Blowing_Stats_ fitness. you’ll get more steps in and be Wearable_Tech.html closer to achieving movement goals for the day. Facts and statistics on wearable 2. Schedule Reminders to Get Up – technology. (2015). In Statista 15% Recent research has suggested that the statistics portal. Retrieved sitting too much can have negative from: One in six (15 percent) consumers currently effects on health. Use your fitness http://www.statista.com/topics/ use wearable tech, such as and 1556/wearable-technology/ fitness bands, in their daily lives. device to set reminders telling you it is time to stand up and move. Kravitz, L. (2011). Reducing sedentary (Check out the short article in the behaviors: Sitting less and bottom left corner to learn more moving more. American College 61% about sitting less) of Sports Medicine. Retrieved from: 61% of all devices in the wearable tech market 3. Take a Walk with Your Spouse or are activity or fitness trackers. Pet – Although not always as fun in https://www.acsm.org/docs/bro chures/reducing-sedentary- the colder weather, it is definitely worth it and you will be glad you behaviors-sitting-less-and- moving-more.pdf did. There are many places that 20% have indoor tracks available such as Stables, J. (2015). Best fitness trackers local gyms or high schools. 2016: Jawbone, Misfit, Fitbit, 20% of all deaths of people 35 and older are 4. Be inefficient on Purpose – When Garmin and more. Retrieved attributed to a lack of physical activity. doing household chores, instead of from:

taking everything in one trip, take http://www.wareable.com/fitne one thing at a time, it may take a ss-trackers/the-best-fitness- little longer, but you will get in more tracker steps and be more active. Steinburg, S. (2015). 13 Habits of super 5. Find a Walking/Workout Buddy – fitness tracker users. US News Walking or working out with a friend and World Report. Retrieved helps motivate one another and from: helps hold each other accountable http://health.usnews.com/healt for the workouts. A little friendly h-news/health- competition encourages people to wellness/articles/2015/01/06/13- Reducing Sedentary Behaviors: Sitting work harder to gain more habits-of-super-fitness-tracker- Less and Moving More steps/exercise than their friends. users?page=2 Highlights ways to sit less and why sitting 6. Stand During Commercials – If you too much is not good for you. watch TV in the afternoons, stand