Health&Wellness Magazine June 2016 | Page 8

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Do Wearable Devices Offer Any Benefits for Weight Loss ?

Popular accessories offer self-tracking options
By Dr . Tom Miller , Staff Writer
Wearable devices such as the Fitbit have become enormously popular over the past decade . Users declare self-tracking technology provides a variety of information and biomarkers . These gadgets help keep tabs on several health and wellness factors . They can monitor sleep cycles and patterns and help detect mood shifts over time . They measure heart rate and caloric intake and expenditure . They count steps . Monitors can be a good motivational tool for some , while others like their tracking convenience . Specialists know people tend to overestimate their activity levels , so it is important the monitors are accurate to eliminate human error .
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