City employees aim to be Fit by '15

Technology tracking every step they take

Statesboro High School Resource Officer Steve Gravley checks a device which tracks footsteps, mileage, and calories burned as part the city's Fit by '15 program. Gravley says that about 60 of his calories burned are in the course of his job, walking the halls of the school.

w082814 FIT BY 15 02 — Statesboro High School Resource Officer Steve Gravley checks a device which tracks footsteps, mileage, and calories burned as part the city's Fit by '15 program. Gravley says that about 60 of his calories burned are in the course of his job, walking the halls of the school.

Statesboro city employees, among them desk jockeys and maintenance workers and a cop literally walking a beat, are keeping track of every step they take as part of the city’s Fit By ’15 Health and Wellness Challenge. Sixty-three of the city’s more than 300 employees signed up for the pilot program, which began July 1 and extends through December. Each was assigned a Fitbit Zip, a watch-size wireless activity tracker worn at the waist.

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