Why fitness trackers aren’t making us healthier
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE first generation of wearable fitness trackers became popular, they were heralded as the dawn of a revolution. Health experts and businesspeople alike said that giving people access to real-time calorie-burning and step-count data would inspire them to lose weight, eat better and—most important—exercise more. But even as the U.S. market for wearable devices hits $7 billion this year, there’s evidence that their promise isn’t
