Scientists Track Human Fitness for Nearly 50 Years and Discover When Physical Aging Really Starts

A decades-long Swedish study finds that physical decline starts around age 35, but exercise at any age still meaningfully preserves fitness. A Swedish research project spanning 47 years from ...
WFLA News Channel 8

STUDY: Fitness trackers only 67% accurate on average

TAMPA BAY, Fla. (BLOOM) – Fitness trackers have become a must-have for anyone looking to track their health and fitness goals. But how accurate are these popular devices? A recent analysis of 45 ...
New York Post

Smartwatch and fitness tracker bands have ‘very high concentrations’ of this harmful chemical

A new study finds that several brands of fitness tracker and smartwatch bands contain "very high concentrations" of a man-made chemical that can harm our health. Oleg Breslavtsev - stock.adobe.com ...

Tim Harford: Without my fitness tracker I’d never have run so far. Or behaved so weirdly

Twenty-five centuries ago, after the Greeks shattered the Persian army at Marathon, brave Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens ...
The Conversation

Wearable fitness trackers can make you seven times more likely to stick to your workouts – new research

Matthew Cocks receives funding from the Medical Research Council. Katie Hesketh receives funding from Diabetes UK and NIHR. University of Birmingham provides funding as a founding partner of The ...