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Digital health to the fore as we all look to get fighting fit

Our fitness trackers are not only helpful for ourselves but offer a world of useful information to medical professionals, writes Andy O’Donoghue

PTSB’s recent Reflecting Ireland report highlights a compelling trend for 2024: over 60 per cent of us are vowing to exercise more, eat healthily and prioritise sleep in 2024. While financial goals top New Year resolutions, health improvements follow closely behind.

As ambition (hopefully) turns into action, fitness trackers and smartwatches transition from wrist-bound aspirations to instruments of change.

The era of the simple pedometer is behind us, and devices like FitBit’s Sense 2 and ...