Wearable measurement can support some behaviors, but more data does not automatically improve broader outcomes, and metric preoccupation can become a source of concern.

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An umbrella review of wrist-worn wearable interventions found the clearest benefits for physical activity, while evidence for many downstream health outcomes was more limited or inconsistent. Clinical case reports have described preoccupation with consumer sleep-tracker metrics, while later research in people with insomnia did not find that wearing a tracker necessarily worsened sleep-related worry.

These sources do not show that self-tracking is generally harmful, that wearing a tracker necessarily worsens sleep-related worry, or that consumer wearable metrics should be treated as medical diagnosis.

Chapter 14 uses this evidence to separate measurement from interpretation. A number may add information without explaining what it means inside the life that produced it or whether there is a realistic path to act on it.

Supported by appropriate human studies, major reviews, trials, cohort research, or converging evidence. The strength of the category does not remove population, dose, timing, or context limitations.

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