The Skinny on Diet and Health Apps
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Do exercise-tracking apps and gadgets like the Fitbit actually make us healthier? Or do they just create a high-tech, data-centric illusion of control over our weight, sleep and general well-being? Bloomberg's Naomi Kresge loaded up some popular apps to find the answer –- and to see if she could get a better night’s sleep than her husband.
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| 0:07.1 | I'm Matt Levine. |
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| 0:30.9 | It's almost 7.30, and I just got in from my morning walk. Thanks to my Fitbit and my phone, |
| 0:37.2 | I know that I'm already more than |
| 0:38.7 | halfway to hitting my 10,000 step target for the day. I have my Fitbit. Ooh, says that I have walked |
| 0:48.8 | 7,031 steps. And you know what? I have on my phone as well. |
| 0:56.9 | Another health app. |
| 0:59.7 | Ooh, and that one says I've done 7,411 steps. |
| 1:04.6 | Now that it's warmer out, I'm on track to beat last week's numbers too. |
| 1:08.4 | But I'll admit, sometimes I wonder if my Fitbit really makes me |
| 1:12.8 | any more fit. |
| 1:23.2 | Welcome to Prognosis, Bloomberg's podcast about the intersection of health and technology, |
| 1:28.4 | and the unexpected places it's taking us. I'm your host, Michelle Faye-Cortez. Even if you |
| 1:34.5 | never use it, you most likely have a health app installed on your phone. Apple Health, which comes |
| 1:40.1 | with every iPhone, can clock everything from steps to sleep. Some 300,000 digital health apps are competing for a share of the market |
| 1:48.0 | to help you track your calories, watch your blood sugar, |
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