Digital tools track calories, exercise and sleep – but how much is too much?

MobiHealth News October 25, 2021
Emily Olsen

Nine percent of the U.S. population will have an eating disorder during their lifetime, according to a report by STRIPED.

An app can track the calories you consume. A wearable monitors your step count, urging you to get active if your number is too low. That same watch might be able to evaluate your sleep too, even monitor your blood oxygen levels.

With a variety of methods on the market to track and measure your body, when is fitness-tracking and calorie-counting, especially for weight loss, too much? In the midst of a larger discussion on body positivity, body neutrality and diet culture, some argue too much counting, tracking and monitoring could exacerbate eating disorders.

“It’s not just unhealthy for people...

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