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New study finds fitness watches consistently overestimated calories burned

New study finds fitness watches consistently overestimated calories burned
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A new Florida International University study found popular fitness watches consistently overestimated how many calories people burned during workouts. Researchers tested Apple, Garmin, Samsung and Fitbit devices against clinical lab equipment and found error rates often ranged from 15 to 25 perce...

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