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groovy, Pen Trims are designed by Type PART 1
1 diabetic Andy Armstrong. The wraps
are £5 for a pack of five. If you buy a research by health and wellness brand Fitbit has
pack you also get the chance to design revealed that it’s constant public lecturing and finger-
a new PenTrim design. wagging that puts people off trying to be more healthy. in
a report published by trends agency the trajectory group,
explanations such as having no time to exercise (24%)
are overshadowed significantly by two key obstacles:
people simply wanting to enjoy their life (76%) and people
who don’t like being lectured to by public institutions and
individuals (63%).
seven out of ten people are currently engaged in some
form of self-monitoring of their health – and they don’t
have diabetes! the launch of the Fitbit Flex, Fitbit’s latest
wireless activity and sleep wristband, tracks steps taken,
distance covered, calories burned as well as sleep activity.
Fitbit’s software contains informative graphs and tools
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while a new, customisable dashboard makes your path
to fitness as personalised as possible. You can log your
food (and activity) wherever you are, using Fitbit’s website
Plessey has introduced solutions for the tele-health markets including and mobile app. You’ll know how many calories you’ve
the handheld impulse and the wrist worn incite, both which feature consumed, and how many it’ll take to hit your daily target.
the company’s award winning ePic sensor. this allows the routine,
quick and accurate recording of ecg signals outside of the medical www.fitbit.com/uk
environment by detecting ecg signals on touch and transmitting
the data via bluetooth to a smartphone or tablet. the ePic sensor
technology works by detecting changes in electric potential that
could come from the heart or from muscle’s movements.