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Think tank: NHS should prescribe patients with fitness trackers to help prevent long-term conditions
Patients from low-income backgrounds should be prescribed fitness trackers on the NHS, in
order to help prevent the development of long-term health conditions.
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22 Jul 2019
A new research paper examining why as many as one in three people ditch
fitness trackers shortly after buying them, has found that better education of
the benefits is key to ensuring more “happily ever afters” between consumers
and their wearables.
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23 Jul 2014
Thousands of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes will be given digital support – including free fitness
trackers – to prevent them developing the condition.
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13 Aug 2019
The PGA Tour has recently bought 1,000 Whoop bands for its golfers, after PGA Tour
golfer Nick Watney said he was alerted via his Whoop band that he may have COVID-19.
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02 Jul 2020
We catch up with the latest products in wearable technology
– a market that’s expected to be worth US$2bn by 2018
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The US city of Chicago is installing “fitness trackers” on lamp posts and to the sides of
buildings in a bid to improve both the health of local people and the city’s infrastructure.
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01 Sep 2016
Those who use fitness trackers are twice as likely to enjoy their gym workout (61 per cent), when
compared to those who don’t (30 per cent).
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29 Jan 2020
A new product aimed at the ageing population is combining wearable fitness tech with artificial intelligence to
create a device designed to help predict potentially harmful ailments.
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16 Jan 2020
Scientists explore potential of the human body and paper-thin printable batteries to power wearables
Batteries may soon be a thing of the past for low-power wearable technology
devices, with the potential for energy to be generated from body heat and
movement, plus ambient energy from the environment.
news •
20 Aug 2014
A new pair of fitness tracking devices from heart rate monitor specialist Mio
Global have been designed to set pulses racing by offering unprecedented levels
of accuracy.
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23 Jan 2015
AMPY harnesses your own movement to charge your phone, as its co-founders explain
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Fitbit reported sales of US$505m for the first quarter of 2016 – a 50 per cent increase on
Q1 2015 – prompting the fitness tracking giant to raise profit guidance for the rest of the
year.
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06 May 2016
In this increasingly fast paced world of technological
developments, Life Fitness is investing heavily in LFopen,
recognising that operators need to be able to address an
insatiable demand from users to link personal mobile devices
to equipment consoles.
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04 Aug 2014
Health and fitness innovation firm Oxystrap is reconfiguring its production line, shifting from fitness
trackers to protective masks.
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14 Apr 2020
No longer will your phone running out of juice be a problem: providing you are
prepared to have a quick run. New gadget AMPY converts energy from motion into
battery life to charge any USB-powered device.
news •
20 Nov 2014
The main reason first-time buyers consider purchasing wearable technology is so they can
track their health, according to new data released by YouGov.
news •
20 Dec 2016
The latest report charting the wearables market has suggested that the sector is in “good
health” – and that there are signs that the focus and demand of consumers is increasingly
shifting towards wellness tech.
news •
20 Mar 2017
Fitness equipment giant Life Fitness has signed a deal to make Samsung Galaxy Watch devices
compatible with a full line of premium Life Fitness cardio equipment.
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12 Mar 2020
It’s time for health clubs to embrace activity tracking and not see it as a threat – but how many operators are achieving this?
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A local fitness operator with 11 clubs in Chicago, US, is looking to muscle in on the increasingly
crowded on-demand, at-home fitness market by launching its own offer.
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04 Dec 2019
Life Fitness has launched its first ever club management system, the Halo Fitness Cloud
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The combining of physical and digital has been playing an important role in membership-based
fitness businesses, according to a new global customer survey by Virtuagym.
news •
01 Jun 2021
Games firm Nintendo is moving into the hardware market with a specific focus
on sleep tracking, following the company’s return to profitability after a period of
heavy losses.
news •
14 Nov 2014
Fitbit, the world’s biggest seller of wearable technology, is being sued in the US over
claims that its heart rate monitors are inaccurate and place exercisers at risk.
news •
08 Jan 2016
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
taxation and regulation to help operators rebound from the lockdown.
news •
22 Jul 2020
Having been named the biggest fitness trend of 2016 by the ACSM recently, wearable tech
is continuing to dominate proceedings at the annual CES technology show which is now
underway in Las Vegas.
news •
07 Jan 2016
WellCare of Georgia has signed a partnership deal with Fitbit, which will see the tech giant help the
healthcare firm manage the conditions of those living with diabetes.
news •
23 Dec 2019
Three quarters of online consumers are likely to purchase health and fitness technology in
the next 12 months, with a third of these expected to buy a smartwatch, according to new
research from the organisers of global consumer electronics and consumer technology
tradeshow CES.
news •
15 Dec 2015
After much speculation, Apple has confirmed at its Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, California that it plans to
soon launch a native health tracking platform.
news •
03 Jun 2014
Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi has overtaken Apple to become the world’s largest
wearables vendor, capturing 17 per cent of the global wearable tech market.
news •
22 Aug 2017
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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