No, there's nothing wrong with your Fitbit

There are poorly designed scientific studies, and then there's poor reporting on scientific studies by journalists who should know better.

A prime example of the latter is the response to a research letter published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association called "Accuracy of Smartphone Applications and Wearable Devices for Tracking Physical Activity Data."

The gist of the research: Counting steps has been shown to be good for your health; plenty of smartphone apps as well as wearables count your steps now; might they be equally good at that purpose?

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