Our obsession with health trackers

23 Jun 2025 • 45 min • EN
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With rings to track our sleep, bracelets to track our heart rate and other health gadgets, are we reaching the point of information overload? Adam Clark Estes, senior technology correspondent at Vox, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his experience wearing a multitude of health trackers – which had some benefits but also sent his anxiety levels sky high. His article is “I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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