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Poorer People Get Little Benefit from Digital Activity Trackers

Brian Owens · November 24, 2021 ·

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 […]

Exercise prescriptions endorsed

Brian Owens · August 7, 2014 ·

Doctors in two Canadian provinces are using exercise prescription pads to encourage patients to lead healthier, more active lifestyles. Doctors of BC (British Columbia) and the New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) offer free pads to their members so they can give patients a physical reminder of the exercise advice they’ve been given by their physicians. […]

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