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Kilojoules not just Calories

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‎03-06-2018 16:22

‎03-06-2018 16:22

I’m getting back into using the Fitbit app to track my energy intake and output. There needs to be the ability to change the unit of measurement to Kilojoules and not just have Calories. Almost all food packaging in Australia only lists the kJ amount. It would be a remarkably simple programming change as 1 kJ = 0.2 Cal and it would greatly simplify food logging.

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‎03-06-2018 23:51

‎03-06-2018 23:51

This is an often requested feature and there have been many feature suggestions raised for it. However, if you check this one: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Option-to-show-Kilojoules-in-Dashboard-and-all-a... then you'll see that fitbit have no plans to introduce this.

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‎07-17-2019 14:27

In response to SteveH

‎07-17-2019 14:27

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Noticed this morning that my app on iOS has suddenly started showing kJ! Woohoo!

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‎08-02-2019 21:07

In response to SunsetRunner

‎08-02-2019 21:07

How did you get Fitbit to do this? I have a Charge 2. Thanks

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‎08-02-2019 23:49

In response to RosieCharlie026

‎08-02-2019 23:49

@RosieCharlie026 Fitbit introduced the ability to choose between calories and kilojoules with version 3.1 of the app which was released on July 11. However, the release notes say that the change is only available in "certain regions". I'm not sure what this means so can't say if it is available to you yet.

 

Try going into the account section of the app, selecting, "advanced settings" then "units" and see if the option to choose is there for you.

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