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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 天前

Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds

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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 天前
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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned in your last workout
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A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1374232/your-smartwatch-is-lying-to-you-about-how-many-calories-you-burned-study-finds

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      I mean, you set it up like that lol. When you set up the activity, it specifically asks how active you are and then sets the default goal based on that. And you have to manually confirm the goal too on the slider.

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      Pretty sure it asks you what life you lead during onboarding does it not?

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