Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and ...

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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.

A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity ...

Researchers at Northwestern University developed a new algorithm specifically for wrist-worn smartwatches that dramatically improves energy expenditure accuracy in people with obesity ...

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 ...

Or maybe, as Purdue University sociologist Ken Ferraro has suggested with his previous work, “churches are a feeding ground for gluttony and obesity.” Ferraro, who was not involved in the ...

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