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Don’t Buy a Fitness Tracker for Your Kid

They do more harm than good, research shows

Angela Lashbrook
OneZero
Published in
7 min readNov 27, 2019

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UUNICEF, the United Nations agency devoted to delivering aid to kids around the world, now makes a fitness tracker for American children. Called the “Kid Power Band,” the smart bracelet petitions kids to get active with an unconventional incentive: If they complete enough…

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Angela Lashbrook
OneZero

I’m a columnist for OneZero, where I write about the intersection of health & tech. Also seen at Elemental, The Atlantic, VICE, and Vox. Brooklyn, NY.