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They heighten body awareness by providing real-time data on heart rate, sleep, stress, and activity, making users more attuned to subtle bodily sensations—especially women in some studies. This shifts the body from a "disappearing" background presence to a quantifiable, trackable entity, fostering greater self-knowledge and proactive health management. However, this quantification can also lead to data-driven body views, sometimes reducing intuitive feelings or creating pressure for constant optimization, without fundamentally changing overall body image for most users. In essence, wearables turn the body into data, enhancing internal monitoring while risking over-reliance on external metrics. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563223003874 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-40548-3_65

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