Simar BajajJun 28, 2026 – 5.00amUS Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has called wearable devices, like smartwatches or smart rings, a way for people to “take control over their own health” and “a key” to the Make America Healthy Again agenda.These devices, often called wearables, can provide a feed of useful data, including your step count, heart rate, sleep quality and calories burned. In the last few years, surveys have found that about 40 per cent of Americans were using some type of wearable and that ownership was higher among younger, healthier and more fitness-minded consumers.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles