Health & Medicine

Geek Gadgets: The Best Fitness Devices To Keep You Healthy For The Holidays

Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Nov 18, 2014 04:25 PM EST

The holidays are a great time for food, family and fun. Yet too much of a good thing can be bad–and that's certainly true when it comes to holiday meals. Keeping physically fit throughout the holidays oftentimes becomes a second priority when catching up with relatives, as well. Staying on-top of your food and fitness can be easy. Science World Report's inaugural list of must-haves is all about gadgets to help you stay fit and healthy throughout the holidays.

FITNESS GADGETS 

1. Fitbit is a small pedometer that can be clipped onto your clothing and helps calculate just how much you've moved. Even when you sleep, the info is wirelessly synced to your mobile device, also.

2. UPmove by Jawbone can be clipped on anywhere and has a LED display and Smart Coach guide to help you guide and track your activity.

3. The Nike+ Fuelband looks a bit like something out of the future. It works by displaying steps taken and calories burned with the help of setting up an activity goal through the corresponding mobile app.
4.  Garmin Vivofit Fitness band helps track your movement, but ut also send you notifications that help you decide what kind of physical activity that's best for you in the moment.
 

See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone

More on SCIENCEwr