Steps, sleep, heart rate, calories – more than half track health data: Swiss people want to know everything about themselves

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Steps, sleep habits or calorie consumption: Mr and Mrs Swiss love to keep track of their health data. A representative GfK survey commissioned by Digitec Galaxus shows that 52.2 percent of the Swiss population collects personal data.

The Swiss most often follow in their footsteps. 82.3 percent of self-followers measure the number of steps they take. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends taking 10,000 steps each day to stay fit.

Young people run in the gym

Survey respondents are also interested in sleep behavior (36.6 percent) and heart rate (35.6 percent). Almost a third also track calorie consumption. Muscle mass is also very important for men. To measure this, you need a special scale connected to your mobile phone or smartwatch.

It seems that the Romans gave more importance to their weight. Beyond Rostigraben, weight, muscle mass and fat percentage data are particularly important to responders. German-speaking Swiss are more concerned with their heart rate and the number of steps they take.

The motivation of the respondents is simple: around 60 percent are only interested in the results. 45.1 tracks their data to motivate themselves to exercise more. And although the proportion of men is larger here, more than a third of the time it’s just fun.

Overall, men and women follow their data with almost equal frequency: 52.0 percent of men and 53.0 percent of women.

Older people watch more often

What’s surprising is that the older a person is, the more likely they are to track their diet, exercise or sleep. 49.0 percent of 15- to 29-year-olds follow their data. For the older generation aged 50-74, this rate is 54.1 percent.

More than half of those surveyed monitor their data with their smartphones. More than one-third prefer to collect data through smartwatches and almost one-fifth use sports watches for this purpose.

Austrians track their data as often as the Swiss. The situation is different in Germany: only 40.8 percent are self-monitoring.

Approximately 2,500 people from Germany, Austria and Switzerland participated in the GfK study.

Source :Blick