Wearable devices that track your activity levels areincreasingly turning up in corporate wellness programs, but willAmericans stick with the new technology, or are these fitnesstrackers a fad?
That's the big question raised by the rapid rise in the use oftrackers, 17 million of which are expected to be sold this year,according to industry analyst Canalys.
A recent study found that one in 10 Americans over the age of 18now own a fitness tracker. By 2018, more than 13 million wearableactivity-tracking devices will be integrated into employee wellnessprograms, based on estimates from ABI Research. That's compared tofewer than 200,000 wearable devices used along with corporatewellness plans last year, principal analyst Jonathan Collins toldMobihealth News.
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