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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds (news.fiu.edu)
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[-] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

It's interesting that fitbit did so poorly. I recently picked one up and it seems to track pretty well when I'm weightlifting. The numbers are close to what I was getting when calculating by hand prior to getting the tracker.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Yes because these smart watches all use the same algorithms you do

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