Do Wearable Devices Hurt Weight Loss?

Incredible finding, though the causation piece is still a long way from being understood.

A 2 year study finds folks who use activity trackers are less effective at losing weight and keeping off than others who merely log their efforts on a website.

Read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/well/activity-trackers-may-undermine-weight-loss-efforts.html?_r=0

Here is a snippet from the piece:

“We were pretty confident” that the volunteers in the group using the activity monitors would exercise more, monitor their calorie intake better, and lose more weight than the people in the self-monitoring group, says John Jakicic, a distinguished professor in the department of health and physical activity at the University of Pittsburgh and the study’s lead author.

Now, I have the Apple Watch and am quite happy with the activity tracking.  Very curious to see where this goes. I'll go ahead and call it ... you shouldn't abandon these just yet.  Lets see what we can learn as wearable devices go mainstream.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant