TIP SHEET

A Guide to Health Metrics

Wearable data has potential to help detect illness before symptoms emerge.
Resting Heart Rate, Breathing Rate, and Heart Rate Variability
Early research shows that resting heart rate data and other key health indicators from wearables have the potential to identify flu-like illness before symptoms emerge. Dr. Mike Snyder at Stanford believes that wearables can measure nuances in key health metrics that could indicate the onset of illness.

Download this guide to learn:
  • How your resting heart rate may indicate that your immune system is gearing up to fight off an illness
  • Why even small changes in breathing rate may indicate illness
  • Why significant changes in heart rate variability throughout the day is good
  • How you can help Fitbit study early signs of COVID-19 and respond to viral illness
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