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If you are concerned that your calorie estimations are inaccurate, then it may help to follow these steps:
If you have not yet done so, update your iPhone and Apple Watch to the latest software, starting with your iPhone:
- Update the iOS on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Check your personal information:
- Calorie estimations depend, in part, on your personal information.
- To check that this is accurate - and to update it over time:
- On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch (tab) > Health > Edit - tap and adjust items, then tap on Done.
Close certain apps and then restart (normally) both your iPhone and your Apple Watch:
- Close the Watch app, Activity app and Health app (if open) on your iPhone:
- Double-click the Home button, then swipe up on each app preview to close the apps.
- Close the Workout app, Activity app and Heart Rate app on your Apple Watch:
- Turn both devices off together, then restart your iPhone first:
If you have previously used any third-party fitness tracking, sleep tracking or heart rate monitoring apps:
- Check the developers' support resources and/or contact the developers to check for any known issues affecting how data is shared to the Health app on your iPhone.
- Check whether there is an active or paused session within any of them.
- If there is, then end that session from within that app on your Apple Watch.
- If in doubt, it may help to remove any such third-party apps from your Apple Watch, at least temporarily.
Prior to calibrating your Apple Watch (see the next step), check your Location Services settings:
- On your iPhone, go to: Settings > Privacy > Location Services:
- Check that Location Services (the main setting at the top) is turned on.
- In the list of apps beneath, if Apple Watch Workout is listed, then set it to While Using.
- Also enable options under System Services including Motion Calibration & Distance, Wi-Fi Networking and Mobile Network Search.
Calibrate your Apple Watch, resetting any existing calibration data and starting afresh:
- Follow the instructions here (this process can be equally beneficial for Series 2 & 3 models):
- Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
If the issue persists, then it may help to unpair and re-pair your Apple Watch:
- The Watch app on your iPhone takes a backup of your watch automatically when unpairing via the app.
- Initially choose to Restore from Backup during set up (most data and settings will be restored, with some exceptions, such as Apple Pay cards, passcode).
- If the issue persists, consider instead unpairing and setting it up as a new watch.
- Unpair your Apple Watch and iPhone - Apple Support
- Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support
If the issue persists, then I suggest that you contact Apple Support (remote diagnostics and/or mail-in service may be available, if required), make a Genius Bar reservation or visit an Apple Authorised Service Provider for assistance: