Research Confirms All Suspicions: Fitness Trackers Are Not Magic Bullets
Wearables are great, but they can’t do the job for you . Recent research confirms what we’re talking about: these devices are great for facilitating change, but not so much for stimulating said change.
A study by the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes:
While wearable devices can contribute to a change in health behavior, the change can be caused by more than just these devices. Instead, the successful use and potential health benefits associated with these devices depend more on the design of interaction strategies than on the characteristics of their technologies. Ultimately, it is interaction strategies – a combination of individual reward, social competition and collaboration, and effective feedback loops – that are associated with human behavior.
If you want to be successful with wear, make sure you also understand the factors , conditional on the creation of the transformation of fitness – seconds .
Wearable Devices as Means, Not Drivers of Health Behavior Change | Journal of the American Medical Association