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Alcohol Use Trajectories During the First 72 Weeks of WHOOP Wearable Platform Membership: Observational Cohort Study
Gregory J. Grosicki;
William von Hippel;
Finnbarr Fielding;
Christopher Chapman;
David M. Presby;
Josh Leota;
Kristen E. Holmes
ABSTRACT
Alcohol use is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality, yet scalable approaches for reducing consumption are limited. Despite growing interest in digital tools for behavior change, associations between alcohol use and wearable adoption remain poorly characterized. In a cohort of 30,000 new wearable users contributing 11.6 million person-days of data, the weekly proportion of alcohol use declined after onboarding, decreasing by approximately 5.4 percentage points, an 18.4% relative reduction, over 72 weeks (P<0.001). These findings suggest that wearable-supported self-monitoring may be linked to sustained reductions in alcohol consumption over time.