Fitness trackers actually work, a new study says: Investigators found that tracking your activity might inspire you to walk up to 40 minutes more a day, and those extra steps could translate to the loss of more than two pounds over five months.
"Wearables are a low-cost, convenient tool for boosting your daily activity and achieving mild weight loss," Maher said.
He said the benefits seen in this study were not solely based on fitness trackers, but also on behavior changes. Conroy said it's not clear how tracking devices help users achieve beneficial results, but he offered some theories.
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