Health & Fitness
Do Fitness Trackers Actually Spark Behavior Change?
Fitness trackers are said to help you live healthier. Are they providing you with everything you need to make healthy behavior changes?
By Matchup | Health and Wellness Blog
The quantified self movement has increased the popularity in tracking your everyday activity. Individuals are taking a deeper look at their activity, sleep and nutrition data with the help of fitness trackers, smartwatches and other wearable technologies to get an increased understanding of their overall health. But are individuals actually improving their health by using fitness trackers? Is your fitbit, jawbone or garmin really helping you to reach the health goals you set out to achieve?
Wearable technologies market themselves as helping you to make healthier decisions and reach your health goals quicker. But do they possess all the qualities to help you get there? We took a deeper look at this question with the help of a couple Journal of American Medical Association articles published in 2015. See for yourself– do trackers, smartwatches and other wearable technologies give you everything you need to make the healthy behavior changes in your life.
