FitBit rivalry helps families get active: People are more likely to reach their step count goals if they compete with their relatives

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FitBit rivalry helps families get active, new research reveals.

Relatives taking part in exercise-app rivalries take significantly more steps every day and are more likely to achieve their fitness goals, a study found.

Taking part in friendly FitBit competition adds around 1,700 steps, the equivalent of approximately one mile, to people’s daily count, which is more than twice that of those who skip such tournaments, the research adds. 

Dr Ichiro Kawachi from Harvard University, who was not involved in the study, said: ‘We need an “extra sauce” to motivate people to keep going. 

‘[One] kind of “sauce” is gamification, i.e. turning a chore – which is how many people view the doctor’s advice to exercise daily – into a game.’

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