Calorie Burn Accuracy

[Jugonus21]

I read an online article about the accuracy on your Fitbit devices and discovered that you are .27 wrong, so i adjusted my calories information using this suggestion and my health was able to take a turning point using your device. These number help me get better results in my routine and it would help other that use fitbit to be healthier.

[GraceGFitbit]

Hey @Jugonus21, let me give you a warm Welcome to our Community. Thank you for your comments.

Fitbit devices combine your basal metabolic rate (BMR)—the rate at which you burn calories at rest to maintain vital body functions (including breathing, blood circulation, and heartbeat)—and your activity data to estimate your calories burned. If your device tracks heart rate, your heart-rate data is also included, especially to estimate calories burned during exercise. The number you see on your Fitbit device is your total calories burned for the day.

Your BMR is based on the physical data you entered in to your Fitbit account (height, weight, sex, and age) and accounts for at least half the calories you burn in a day. Because your body burns calories even if you’re asleep or not moving, you see calories burned on your device when you wake up and will notice this number increase throughout the day.

I’ll see you around the Community! 

[Jugonus21]

I understand what that means, but my information is not accurate and therefore I didn’t see the results I needed to expect change in my lifestyle.

However, online i found an article that test the Fitbit Technology and it said it was off by 27%, meaning that if i multiply my daily burn by .73 it will give a more accurate count of calories burned.

After converting all this data into a report on a spreadsheet and tracking my calories, I was able to see more realistic results from my diet and fitness.

Is it possible to adjust this? I am not sure if you have a lab team responsible for testing your technology on each device as it advances? Fitbit was the only one online that had this article and it was about an older model watch than the one I have. 

[GraceGFitbit]

Thank you for getting back to us @Jugonus21.

This information that you are sharing with us is not from official Fitbit pages, but I thank you for your interest and for sharing your comments.

See What are some tips to make sure my Fitbit daily activity is accurate? to have more details about how does Fitbit calculates data.

Have a nice weekend ! 

[Jugonus21]

I understand and I will use the resources available to obtain my info. However is is still really unfortunate that the information is not coming out of your page, because you are the in the roll of managing it, not them. I do believe you guys should be running test from a lab to insure your information and becomes more and more accurate, buy studing how tour technology collects its data using the Heart Rate and other possible studies your lab could be invested into. Unfortunately your info does nothing to help me obtain my health again

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