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Jul 2025
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Self-Obsessed or Happy? Plus Chocolate &...

The Wellness Scoop
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This week, we’re asking if all this self-monitoring, self-optimising and endless tracking is actually helping us — or just making us more stressed and less happy. With over half of UK adults now owning some kind of wearable, we dig into whether chasing perfect sleep scores and stress metrics is doing more harm than good. Because decades of research still sho ... Show More
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