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    The Apple Watch May Have a Calorie Problem

    I tied myself into knots trying to close its little red ring.
    by Caroline Mimbs Nyce Feb 01, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Grafissimo / Getty.

    Updated at 9:40 p.m. ET on February 1, 2024

    A little monster lives on my wrist, and every day, I wake up prepared to do battle with it. Most days, I lose.

    That gremlin is an Apple Watch, which, like all fitness trackers, is designed to nudge users toward healthy behaviors. Apple uses three digital rings to measure a person’s daily activity in different ways. Each one has a bright color and a simple name. The blue “Stand” ring prompts you to, well, stand more. (Reasonable!) The green “Exercise” ring prompts you to spend more minutes exercising. (Fair enough!) Then there’s the red ring, the “Move” ring. It is the biggest and most prominent in Apple’s design, and it tracks calories burned through movement. It is my nemesis.

    When you place an Apple

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