fitness tracker

American  

[fit-nis trak-er] / ˈfɪt nɪs ˈtræk ər /

noun

1. a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.

---

Etymology

Origin of fitness tracker

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

The 43-year-old dad-of-two wears a fitness tracker which gives him a daily rundown of how he's slept.

From BBC

The free fitness tracker and gym program are also disappearing.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was a clarification of National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s statement during an April 21 meeting with NIH advisors that the study would draw in part from personal health information gathered across a variety of sources, including insurance claims, pharmacy chain medication records and fitness tracker data, a plan widely reported as an “autism registry.”

From Los Angeles Times

Study indicates that a fitness tracker can detect mood episodes in bipolar disorder to help drive treatment.

From Science Daily

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, evaluated whether data collected from a fitness tracker could be used to accurately detect mood episodes in people with bipolar disorder.

From Science Daily