Today on What the Fat, Dr. Ryan Lowery discusses different types of wearables. He shares his personal experiences with the FitBit and the Apple watch. Also, he shares recent studies that try to determine if utilizing wearables actually drives behavior change.

“If you are utilizing wearables, they can drive behavior change as long as you are instituting realistic goals.”

Dr Ryan Lowery

 

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Timestamps:

0:36 Types of wearables
1:27 Do wearables drive behavior change?

1:42 The benefits of FitBit

3:13 What studies say about success with FitBit

4:24 Can wearable motivate people to increase their fitness?

5:44 Benefits of the Apple watch

6:00 All about sleep wearables

7:08 Why you shouldn’t completely depend on your wearables

Resources:

• FitBit
• Apple Watch

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