Devices that nudge the rich and middle class to exercise don’t offer same boost to those with lower incomes.
Technologies like smartwatches, mobile apps and websites have been touted as an accessible and effective way for people to monitor and increase their physical activity and improve their health. But a new analysis has found that that is really only true for people of high socioeconomic status. As with so many other areas of healthcare, poorer people appear to see little to no benefit from these digital interventions. Read more in Inside Science.