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It’s been two weeks since you got that new Fitbit, Apple Watch or other fitness tracker for the holidays and one week since you resolved to use it to get more active, manage your weight or reach other health goals.
Congratulations — and good luck. The truth is that the link between owning a fitness tracker and getting fitter isn’t as straightforward as many people might hope.
“If you put a scale in someone’s bathroom, that doesn’t mean they are going to lose weight,” says Timothy Church, professor of preventative medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University. “The tracker isn’t going to tie your running shoes and move your feet.”
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