Almost half of Flemish people monitor their health with a pedometer, sports watch or ‘smart ring’, but does it also make you healthier?

Guessing knows, the cliché says. But ask, say, hockey players, football players or cyclists and they will prove it. For example, Mathieu van der Poel is regularly seen with a white band around his wrist. There is technology that measures his heart rate, efforts, body temperature, sleep and much more. Battery data to improve performance.