{"id":1647,"date":"2026-07-13T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimalfitness-health.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:43","slug":"why-im-obsessed-with-health-wearables-and-you-should-be-too-michael-snyder-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimalfitness-health.com\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Obsessed with Health Wearables (and You Should Be Too) | Michael Snyder | TED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIgO_Sjh3tQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Genome researcher Michael Snyder believes health wearables, such as smart watches and glucose monitors, can transform medicine, shifting from reactive to predictive. (In fact, he&#8217;s such a big fan of these devices that he wears eight of them every single day.) 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