“Wearable activity trackers a reliable tool for predicting death risk in older adults,” MedicalXPress

“A federally funded study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers shows that wearable accelerometers—mechanical sensors worn like a watch, belt or bracelet to track movement—are a more reliable measure of physical activity and better than patient surveys and other methods used by physicians at assessing five-year risk of death in older adults.”

 

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

No wonder Google bought Fitbit: more searchers longer.