Health and activity tracking has been one of the areas to really benefit from wearable technology, with numerous devices capable of monitoring an individual's movement, heart-rate and performance, alongside environmental conditions and potential health risks. The wearable technology market has been steadily growing over the past few years through the huge popularity of fitness trackers and 'the quantified self: monitoring diet, exercise, sleep and movement. Some devices even detect sedentary behaviour - long associated with health concerns-and prompt the wearer to move periodically. Prompts to improve posture have also been effective in studies illustrating positive changes of behaviour.
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