Fitbit Charge 6 Health Monitoring
Assessment Stage: Baseline Assessment
Included in Future Health Assessment: Yes
Partner: Fitbit
Provider: Fitbit
Approximate Cost: Included using your own device or Future Health loan device
What is it?
The Fitbit Charge 6 is an advanced wearable health monitor that continuously measures cardiovascular health, sleep, activity and recovery. Rather than relying on a single clinic measurement, it provides objective data collected over days and weeks, allowing a more accurate picture of everyday health.
What does it measure?
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Resting Heart Rate
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Exercise Heart Rate
Heart Rate Recovery
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Daily Steps
Active Minutes
Exercise Sessions
Energy Expenditure
Sedentary Time
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Estimated VO₂max (Cardio Fitness Score)
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Total Sleep Time
Sleep Efficiency
Deep Sleep
REM Sleep
Light Sleep
Sleep Consistency
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Overnight Recovery Trends
Resting Heart Rate Trends
HRV Trends
Sleep Trends
Why is it important?
Long-term trends often provide more useful information than isolated measurements.
Wearable monitoring allows early identification of changes in:
Cardiovascular fitness
Recovery
Sleep quality
Physical activity
Lifestyle habits
before they become clinically apparent.
Who may benefit?
Recommended for all Future Health patients.
What happens?
The Fitbit is worn continuously throughout the day and overnight, collecting health information automatically.
Preparation
Wear the device consistently, particularly overnight.
Advantages
Continuous monitoring
Objective data
Encourages behaviour change
Excellent for tracking progress
Integrates with exercise prescription
Limitations
Consumer wearables estimate some metrics and do not replace medical investigations.
How Future Health uses this investigation
Fitbit data are interpreted alongside:
VO₂max
Blood pressure
Body composition
Nutrition
Sleep assessment
Blood biomarkers
to monitor long-term health trends.
Future Health Summary
Daily health behaviours have the greatest influence on long-term health. Fitbit provides an objective way of monitoring those behaviours and measuring improvement over time.