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How do we take care of ourselves every day? To find out the answer to this question, Samsung asked over 1000 Polish internet users how they rate their eating habits, daily activity, and how they rest and monitor their health. The aim of the study was also to check whether and to what extent technology has an impact on how we take care of ourselves in basic areas.
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Key conclusions from the study:
- 57% of Internet users are satisfied with their health, but only 34% of them monitor the basic parameters of their body.
- Smartwatch users are 20 percentage points better at assessing their health compared to people who do not use them.
- The use of electronic assistants contributes to more conscious self-care, both in terms of diet, quality of rest, physical activity, and broadly understood health prophylaxis.
Diet – theory versus practice
Polish Internet users who took part in the survey were very optimistic about their diet. Nearly 70% of respondents consider their diet healthy, although 40% of them do not pay attention to the calorific value of their meals, every third eats irregularly, and 38% snacks between meals. At the same time, 44% of respondents admit that they do not use any tools to monitor their calories. Interestingly, people who use smartwatches on a daily basis more often assess their diet as healthy (81%) compared to those who do not use them (62%). Smart watch users also pay more attention to the calorific value of their meals (39%) compared to people who do not use smartwatches (19%).
The results of the study also show differences in the eating habits of both groups. Smart watch users attach much more importance to the regularity and quality of meals and a varied diet than people who do not use smartwatches. In addition to a proper diet, it is extremely important for health to ensure proper hydration of the body. The study found that smartwatch users 17% are more likely to get enough fluid in their bodies compared to people who do not use smartwatches.
We sleep a lot, we want to monitor our rest more consciously, but we do not know how
As for the fact that getting enough sleep is an important element of our health, the respondents are almost fully agreed (90%). According to the study, we sleep between 6 and 8 hours a day on average. Interestingly, 57% of respondents assess the length of their sleep as adequate, but only 17% of them control their sleep parameters. These are mainly people who use smartwatches. People who do not have them practice sleep monitoring only in 4%. In this group, almost every 5th respondent would like to start measuring the parameters of his sleep. On average, every second person who does not control the properties of their sleep admits that they do not know how to do it, and on average, every third of them claims that they do not have the appropriate measuring tools for it. The study also shows significant differences in caring for sleep hygiene. Smartwatch users, on average, 10% more often undertake activities conducive to better rest, such as regular airing of the bedroom or eating a meal 3 hours before bedtime.
Smartwatch users more active
Almost 75% of all respondents declare that they engage in physical activity at least once a week. Also in this area, smartwatch owners dominate – as many as 19% of them train every day (10% more than in the case of people who do not use smart watches). The most common activities undertaken by the respondents are walking (53%), cycling (43%), gymnastics (28%) and running (26%), and nearly half of them are satisfied with the level of their physical fitness. Significantly, owners of smartwatches assess the level of their physical fitness better than people who do not use them. Smart watch users more often indicate physical activity as an important aspect of their lives (77%) compared to people who do not use them (58%).
Smartwatch users are also distinguished by their approach to competition – as many as 66% of them declared that competition is motivating for them (20% more than among people without watches). These results translate into the state of satisfaction with their health, as many as 60% of smartwatch users are satisfied with their health – in the group not using smart watches, only 41% marked this answer.
Show me your watch and I will tell you how you take care of yourself
Although 57% of the study participants are satisfied with their health condition, only 34% of them monitor basic body parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen level, temperature, weight, BMI, etc. Also in this case, smartwatch users seem to approach your health more consciously – 28% more often monitor the above parameters compared to people who do not use a smartwatch. Importantly, the use of electronic assistants also translates into systemic care for your health. It turns out that their users make medical appointments 11% more often and 13% more often perform preventive examinations compared to people who do not use them.
Smartwatch – if and how we use it
The results of the study show a clear correlation between using smartwatches and taking care of yourself. People aware of the impact of lifestyle on its quality use tools that will allow them to measure basic data in the field of diet, physical activity or rest. So why do we not monitor the basic parameters of our body? 1/3 of respondents see no need to do it, they feel good. Every fourth respondent claims that they simply do not have time for it, and 20% admit that they do not have tools for it or do not know how to do it or what to pay attention to (14%).