Dr. Barry Dworkin

Fitness trackers are not reliable calculating caloric expenditure

Health Headlines Commentary for June 5, 2017

Source:

Fitness trackers ‘poor at measuring calories burned’

Analysis:

Fitness trackers’ calorie measurements are prone to error

Reference:

Shcherbina A, Mattsson CM, Waggott D, et al. Accuracy in Wrist-Worn, Sensor-Based Measurements of Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure in a Diverse Cohort. Journal of Personalised Medicine. Published online May 24 2017

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