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Pedometer calorie burn accuracy after weight loss

💚 healthproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

A weight loss tracker user is unsure if their pedometer app is malfunctioning because the number of steps required to burn one calorie has increased after they lost weight.

Who's affected: A person tracking weight loss via a pedometer app.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A feature in fitness apps that explains how weight changes impact calorie burn calculations per step.
  2. An educational dashboard that visualizes the physics of energy expenditure relative to body mass.
  3. A calibration tool that allows users to input their current weight to adjust step-to-calorie conversion ratios.
I want to build this

Real voices

“I'd appreciate it if someone could spare time and tell me if this is expected or if the app is malfunctioning.”

Source: Stack Exchange (fitness) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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