Originally Posted by
dr_lha
Then I read the article and saw "Fitbit" and realized we're not dealing with actual science here.
The article actually takes issue with things like Fitbit:
"And if you think you can necessarily rely on your Fitbit or other device to tell you how many calories you burned, think again: We probably burn proportionally fewer calories as we exercise above a certain level of intensity.
"'Activity monitors are going to be wrong at predicting energy expenditure because they aren't incorporating this adaptation,' Pontzer said."