Do wearable trackers measure up to comprehensive professional fitness plans?

Wearable trackers lack tools professionals need to help people stay fit, says research.

Many wearables lack one or more of the tools that healthcare professionals call upon to help individuals increase their physical activity levels or stick to a fitness regimen, according to a researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the US, who were impressed by the trackers’ overall sophistication anyway.