Health by numbers

Whether you strap a wellness coach to your wrist or weave subtle sensors into your clothes, these devices are revolutionising how we track our health

We’re not saying they don’t serve a purpose. But an over-reliance on tech is taking us away from the core reasons for working out in the first place

One in three adults in the UK struggles to sleep through the night; among them is writer Nick Pope. Could embracing the multibillion-pound sleep economy fix his night-time woes or would obsessively attempting to crack bedtime cause another problem altogether?

The accessibility and affordability of wearables and devices such as power meters mean that amateur athletes can generate performance data to compare directly against the pros. Putting metrics such as

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I started my career as a news journalist, working in frantic newsrooms and reporting on key events. But my heart was always in health – I enjoy writing about things that benefit people, rather than si