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Do fitness trackers actually work?

May 22, 202333 min
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Episode description

Do you wear a fitness tracker?

If so, you might be using it to keep an eye on your daily step count, your heart rate and even your sleep.

But is this data accurate?

On this episode, Gab and Sarah look at whether fitness trackers can accurately capture the data they claim to.

Plus, we look at some of the weird and wonderful fitness tech currently on the market.

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Many of us are using fitness devices to track our sleep but could they be making our anxiety worse?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-23/sleep-tracking-stages-fitness-wearables-accuracy-anxiety/102040328 

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