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Measurement Noise
How Body Composition Tracking Keeps You Motivated | Total Health and Fitness / Measuring too often
"Body composition changes slowly. Measuring faster than the body changes just measures noise, and noise reads as failure. If tracking is making you anxious, the fix is usually a longer interval, not a different device."
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