The most highly anticipated device coming out in the next year is clearly the Apple Watch. One of the greatest criticisms and tests of its success will be whether or not people are actually interested in going back to wearing a wristwatch. With the adoption of the mobile device in today’s society, to which a […]
Recently, there has been a large increase in the emergence of fitness tracking devices. They range from bracelets, like the Fitbit, to wearable shirts, like Hexoskin. Hexoskin is a smart shirt, which uses three sensors to measure sleep, activity, heart rate, heart rate variability, breathing rate, and breathing volume. Hexoskin’s Founder, Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, set out […]
The world of sports and fitness is ultra-competitive. Athletes pursue every type of advantage to perform and feel their best. People try everything from advanced workout formulas to performance enhancing “supplements” to gain that competitive edge. Many harmful side effects emerge from some of these tactics, but there are still some that promote the health […]
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a staggering 69 percent of adults aged 20 years and over are either overweight or obese. It is almost unfathomable that arguably the easiest disease to prevent also stands as one of the most debilitating in our country. Despite the shift to electronic-dependent behaviors that […]
Elite athletes down sports drink to help them reach new heights of performance. But for the average young person, these “health drinks” may cause them to reach new highs –on the bathroom scale.
A new study published in the journal called Obesity suggests that young people who consume one or more sports drinks each day gained more weight over a three-year period than classmates who chose other beverages.
