Meanwhile, a separate report by Parks Associates found that revenue for connected health and fitness tracking devices in the U.S. is expected to increase from $2 billion in 2014 to $5.4 billion in 2019 (Pai, MobiHealthNews, 3/25).

The report examined current adoption and usage rates for connected devices and analyzes several national surveys of U.S. broadband households (Parks Associates release, 3/25).

According to Harry Wang, director of health and mobile product research at Parks Associates, adoption of connected health devices among U.S. broadband households increased from 24% at the beginning of 2013 to 30% at the end of 2014.

Wang said the "most popular" devices were:

• Exercise equipment with built-in app support; and
• Digital pedometers with wireless connectivity (MobiHealthNews, 3/25).

From the article "Reports Assess Health, Fitness Device Markets Through 2019."

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