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Physical Activity Surveillance Through Smartphone Apps and Wearable Trackers: Examining the UK Potential for Nationally Representative Sampling.

Tessa StrainKatrien WijndaeleSoren Brage
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)
The sole use of PA data from wearable trackers or smartphone apps for UK national surveillance is premature, as those using these technologies are more active, younger, and more affluent than those who do not.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • public health
  • heart rate
  • cross sectional
  • electronic health record
  • body mass index
  • quality improvement
  • big data
  • blood pressure