Devices with smart technologies are a part of our everyday life. Fitness industry is heavily utilizing available technological advancements and many devices now enable you to benefit from this technology. As is the case with many other benefits, those who can really use these to improve the quality of life are really not getting them. For some folks these devices are simply not affordable and often it is a matter of education and awareness of what they can bring.
Key Takeaways:
- A recent analysis of 19 different studies for the last 30 years concluded that health technology causes a moderate positive change in the wealthy, but none among lower economic classes.
- The disparity in health between high and low earners is an inverse of the desired results as poorer earners have more of a need to stay healthy.
- The digital divide between rich and poor can be theorized that lower classes have less leisure time, less access to technology, and less experience using health tracking technology.
“Technologies like smartwatches, mobile apps and websites have been touted as an accessible and effective way for people to monitor and increase their physical activity and improve their health. But a new analysis has found that that is really only true for people of high socioeconomic status. As with so many other areas of health care, poorer people appear to see little to no benefit from these digital interventions.”
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