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Which Wearable Should You Get? ft Jessica Lu | Health Geeks Ep 18

Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

Jessica Lu is a Singapore-based biomedical researcher with a passion for health, wellness, and helping people live longer, healthier lives to achieve their goals and dreams.

In our conversation, we discussed:

  • Four questions to help you decide if/what wearable you should get

  • How to review wearables

  • The future of health wearables

And much more.

My three favourite takeaways:

  • The most sophisticated or expensive device may not be the best for you

  • Think about how long you need the device for before you make the purchase

  • A research found 50% participants found benefits from using wearables and 50% did not; remember that devices are supposed to help you live better

Where to Find Jessica Lu

Website: https://www.drjessicalu.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjessicalu/

YouTube Timestamps

0:00 Episode preview

0:25 ALLSET update

1:24 Why research on wearables?

3:32 Is the research mainly for researchers?

4:46 Steps to selecting a wearable

7:40 Cost of wearables

8:57 How to review against gold standard instruments

11:37 Prior personal wearable misconceptions

12:06 How to select a trustworthy device

14:19 How to read research studies on wearables

15:13 Does the number of people in validation studies matter?

15:47 How to choose between brands?

17:46 Does wearing a wearable help with health?

19:28 Exciting things in the wearables space

20:22 Wearables for medical use

22:27 One thing you should know about wearables

24:04 Where to find Jessica