Fitness by the numbers
By Matthew M. F. Miller CTW Features

Ten-thousand steps. Sixteen-hundred calories. Eight hours a day. Keeping track of daily health is a numbers game and, for many, one that is too much work to justify the means.
十万步，1600卡路里，每天八小时。记下每天的锻炼量是一场数字游戏，然而这游戏量有些大。
The Fitbit Tracker, a new wireless, wearable device the size of a book of matches, aims to take the guesswork out of staying fit.The legwork, however, remains up to you.
运动追踪者，一种新型可随身携带的装置，仅有火柴盒大小，将为你完成繁复的计数工作，当然跑腿儿的事仍旧由你自己干啦。
“Our goal is to make people aware of their overall fitness and well-being, and to use technology to accomplish this in a motivating and entertaining way that appeals to people beyond just hard-core athletes,” says James Park, CEO of Fitbit Inc., San Francisco.
“我们的目的在于使人们意识到他们综合全面的身心健康的重要性，并运用高技术以主动、快乐的方式完成这一过程，而并不仅仅限于那些核心运动员，”洛杉矶Fitbit公司CEO说。

The Tracker, which can clip onto an article of clothing or be slipped into a pocket, automatically monitors and wirelessly uploads data to your computer about activities, such as exerciseintensity levels, calories burned, sleep quality, steps walked and total movement distance each day. Users create an avatar, such as a flower, and set longterm and daily goals.Based on daily progress toward the goals, the flower will blossom or wilt.
运动跟踪者既可放在衣服夹层中又可塞进口袋中，自动监控并无线传输运动数据到你的电脑中，如运动强度，燃烧卡路里值，睡眠质量，行走步数及每天总运动距离。用户可以自定义角色（如一朵花），设定长期和每天的运动目标，并能根据进度让花绽放或凋谢。
“At a time when studies show more than 60 percent of Americans are overweight, the Fitbit Tracker and Fitbit community Web site are designed to break down barriers to physical fitness by offering a new and easy way to stay aware and motivated about your daily physical activity level and eating habits,” Park says.
“当时的研究显示，超过60%的美国人超重。运动跟踪者及Fitbit网站论坛为了破除锻炼中的障碍，提供了一种新鲜简易的途径来保持身体活跃，并激发自己每天锻炼的高水准及锻炼后的饮食习惯。”Park说。
Data collected by the Fitbit Tracker, available in early 2009, is wirelessly uploaded to the product’s Web site every time the wearer is near the device’s docking station.A social networking component encourages users to share progress with other users and lets people create groups made up of friends, family members or co-workers to jointly work toward a common goal.
到2009年上半年用户接近该设备坞站时，运动追踪者收集的数据，将无线传输至该产品网站。一个社区交互中心鼓励用户与其他用户分享自己的进展，并允许组建各种群向着共同的目标共同协作。
Users also can input nutrition, weight and other health information in order to gain a more complete picture of their health.
用户也可以输入食物营养、体重和其他健康信息，以便更全面地了解自己的健康状况。

Source from：http://health.gmnews.com/news/2009/0701/fitness/007.html
Translated by：吴蕴菁

转载自：http://www.healthweneed.com  July 13th, 2009 by wuyunjing