It would be interesting to see if sedentary lifestyle causes of death go up if the lockdowns are prolonged.
Prolonged for 10-20 years? I can’t see even 12 months of sedentary lifestyle moving the needle much if at all.
The Impact of Coronavirus on Global Activity
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#12How does fit bit have this information? What is their privacy policy?
Don't you remember when they released the movement paths of everyone globally and it was possible to see the location of military bases, based on activity, even though the data was "anonymized"?
That was Strava, not Fitbit.
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#13How does fit bit have this information? What is their privacy policy?
How is this different than trends.google.com? It's aggregated and anonymous data, not personal data. Their privacy policy is the first result if you search for "fitbit privacy policy". It's incredibly easy to navigate and they clearly have taken pains to make it understandable and clear: https://www.fitbit.com/us/legal/privacy-policy
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#14Fascinating. To be honest I'm surprised the declines aren't more significant. I guess it just goes to show how sedentary many of our lives already are xD
I'm going to make a wild bet that active FitBit users are not representative of the population on that matter, and will try to maintain a higher level of activity.
Fitbit users are probably more representative than Apple or Garmin users. Apple Watches are a lot more expensive, and Garmin markets more towards athletes.
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#15Why do fitbit have this data?
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#16I haven't even worn my Fitbit since I've been sidelined and forced to work remote/never go out.
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#17I was wondering when something like this would come out. It would be interesting to see other stats like:
- Screen time usage - Air quality over time - Baby births (in 9 months) - Etc.
I'm sure we'll see more of this in due time.
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#18Personally my time spent exercising has increased. I'm working from home, without spending hours a day commuting and I'm allowed to exercise outside in the UK so every few days I run 5 miles.
I wonder if the trends are hiding larger swings in both directions.
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#19As an athlete, I'm not surprised by these results. Most people are sedentary and step counting only goes so far to improve their health. Even in Italy, as shown in the article's graph, the decline has been 25%. If the recommended goal 10,000 steps per day then 7,500 is still a good number to hit during a pandemic.
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#20That's a misleading title. This is the change in step counts around the world over 12 weeks from 2019/2020 from one fitness product manufacturer's data. That's a very selective group. Sure, it's data from people all over the globe, but it's a very select non-representative group. But that doesn't mean these people aren't doing workouts at home that don't pad their step count stats.
> We’ve laid out the data—now we want to provide you with some tips to stay healthy and active
Great segue! I read that as "We know this data isn't interesting that's why all we could do is lay it out. This is our attempt of monetizing our precious data by creating a clever way to push our product."
This just seems yet another company using COVID-19 to generate profit by offering a free limited trial of their paid service. They also promote a hand-washing app. I find that pretty hilarious. If you can remember to use the app you can remember to count on your own.