Obesity

Wearable‐Derived Physical Activity Patterns in Preclinical and Clinical Obesity

Obesity (Silver Spring)Published retrospective cohort analysis

Authors' conclusion

Wearable-derived physical activity patterns show distinct patterns for preclinical and clinical obesity.

Study context

Population
Adults with Fitbit and electronic health records from the All of Us Research Program, stratified by no, preclinical, and clinical obesity groupsadults with Fitbit and electronic health records
Participants
24,679 adults
Exposure
No, preclinical, and clinical obesity groups
Outcome
Daily steps

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

No obesity

7846

median

Preclinical obesity

6702

median

Clinical obesity

5128

median

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Weekly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity exercise

Daily sedentary time

Physical activity by BMI and obesity-related multimorbidity

Physical activity decreased with BMI and obesity-related multimorbidity

Original publication

Wearable‐Derived Physical Activity Patterns in Preclinical and Clinical Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 14 November 2026. doi:10.1002/oby.70308

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