We begin with bad news for people who bought a wearable fitness tracker in hopes of losing weight. A new study finds the electronic device probably does not help with weight loss. The study was a project of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Fitness trackers are designed to record your physical activity. They are usually worn around the wrist, where they measure a person’s heart rate. The University of Pittsburgh research team looked at two groups of individuals. The first wore a fitness tracker and took part in health counseling. In other words, they spoke with nutrition and physical fitness experts to consider the best weight loss plan. The researchers compared this group with people who only took part in health counseling. The study found that those who simply had health counseling lost more weight than those who had counseling and wore a fitness tracker. In fact, those who only spoke with the health experts lost nearly six kilograms. Those who used a fitness tracker lost only 3.5 kilograms.
Title: Study: Do Fitness Trackers Help You Lose Weight?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1417/fitness_trackers.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Do Fitness Trackers Help You Lose Weight?' data-article-id='1916'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8729'>We begin with bad news for people who bought a wearable fitness tracker in hopes of losing weight.</span> <span data-start-time='8729' data-end-time='16750'>A new study finds the electronic device probably does not help with weight loss.</span> <span data-start-time='16750' data-end-time='25854'>The study was a project of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.</span> <span data-start-time='25854' data-end-time='31792'>Fitness trackers are designed to record your physical activity.</span> <span data-start-time='31792' data-end-time='38167'>They are usually worn around the wrist, where they measure a person’s heart rate.</span> <span data-start-time='38167' data-end-time='44958'>The University of Pittsburgh research team looked at two groups of individuals.</span> <span data-start-time='44958' data-end-time='51563'>The first wore a fitness tracker and took part in health counseling.</span> <span data-start-time='51563' data-end-time='61438'>In other words, they spoke with nutrition and physical fitness experts to consider the best weight loss plan.</span> <span data-start-time='61438' data-end-time='69125'>The researchers compared this group with people who only took part in health counseling.</span> <span data-start-time='69125' data-end-time='80146'>The study found that those who simply had health counseling lost more weight than those who had counseling and wore a fitness tracker.</span> <span data-start-time='80146' data-end-time='87500'>In fact, those who only spoke with the health experts lost nearly six kilograms.</span> <span data-start-time='87500' data-end-time='94333'>Those who used a fitness tracker lost only 3.5 kilograms.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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