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Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.
Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and ...
A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity ...
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to more accurately monitor the calories burned by people with obesity during various physical activities.
Northwestern is also switching staff and faculty from Blue Cross Blue Shield to UnitedHealthcare in October. United has faced ...
A multi-institutional team of researchers, including two Northwestern University engineers, has received up to $34 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track ...
Researchers at Northwestern University developed a new algorithm specifically for wrist-worn smartwatches that dramatically improves energy expenditure accuracy in people with obesity ...
“People with obesity could gain major health insights from activity trackers, but most current devices miss the mark,” senior ...
Some patients are aiming to lower their BMIs in order to increase their fertility; others are aiming to manage BMI-related ...