Mitesh Patel Comments on Wearables Weight Loss Studies
NPR, Men’s Journal, September 20, 2016
In interviews with NPR and Men’s Journal, Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS comments on a recent study at the University of Pittsburgh, which found that a group of people who were given fitness trackers while dieting and exercising lost more weight than a group who self-reported their activity – even though their activity levels were equivalent. “There aren’t many — if any — long-term studies of wearable tech,” Dr. Patel told NPR. This study is the longest yet, “and that’s why this research is important. We need more studies like this to show what wearable tech can and can’t do.”