The effectiveness of wearable devices in non-communicable diseases to manage physical activity and nutrition: where we are?

V Natalucci, F Marmondi, M Biraghi, M Bonato - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wearable devices are increasingly popular in clinical and non-clinical populations as a tool
for exercise prescription, monitoring of daily physical activity and nutrition, and health …

The impact of physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes

SR Bassin, R Srinath - American Journal of Lifestyle …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Most patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) do not meet guideline-driven exercise
recommendations. Physical activity (PA) is any form of bodily movement via skeletal muscle …

Wearable use in an observational study among older adults: adherence, feasibility, and effects of clinicodemographic factors

EW Paolillo, SY Lee, A VandeBunte, N Djukic… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Wearables have great potential to improve monitoring and delivery of physical
activity interventions to older adults with downstream benefits to multisystem health and …

Social epidemiology of Fitbit daily steps in early adolescence

JM Nagata, S Alsamman, N Smith, J Yu… - Pediatric …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Sociodemographic disparities in adolescent physical activity have been
documented but mostly rely on self-reported data. Our objective was to examine differences …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased physical activity among youth resulting from COVID-19 pandemic–related school closures: natural experimental study

A Grimes, JS Lightner, K Eighmy, C Steel… - JMIR Formative …, 2022 - formative.jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the closure of schools and may have
inadvertently resulted in decreased physical activity for youth. Emerging evidence suggests …

Association of physical activity and screen time with body mass index among US adolescents

JM Nagata, N Smith, S Alsamman, CM Lee… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance ThePhysical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Reportidentified
important research gaps to inform future guidance for adolescents, including limited …

Using explainable machine learning and fitbit data to investigate predictors of adolescent obesity

O Kiss, FC Baker, R Palovics, EE Dooley… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors (sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behavior)
may predict obesity risk in early adolescence; a critical period during the life course …

Physical activity behavior and measurement in Arab American women: an integrative review

S Mansuri, MN Daniel, JC Westrick, SW Buchholz - Journal of Prevention, 2023 - Springer
Physical activity (PA) is associated with cardiovascular health; however, in the US, only 20%
of women are physically active, compared to 28% of men. Arab American women (AAW) …

[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing Fitbit to Specify the Effective Features in Promoting Physical Activity Among Inactive Adults: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

K Takano, T Oba, K Katahira… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2024 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Wearable activity trackers have become key players in mobile health practice
as they offer various behavior change techniques (BCTs) to help improve physical activity …

Assessing the current integration of multiple personalised wearable sensors for environment and health monitoring

Z Zhang, PM Amegbor, CE Sabel - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ever-growing development of sensor technology brings new opportunities to investigate
impacts of the outdoor environment on human health at the individual level. However, there …