Using Data to improve your health

Exercise, Weight Loss, Apps, Data & You

Happy New Year!

Now

Devices

Mobile AppsLose It – Food Diary, Weight Tracking

Runkeeper – Exercise

Withings – Blood Pressure monitor

Fitbit – Steps, miles, floors, calories burned, weight, sleep

Shoe Tracker – mileage on shoes

FreeStyle – Blood Glucose tracking

Microsoft HealthVault – Aggregation of all data, display point for doctors

Google music and iTunes

How did I get here?

Apophenia /æpɵˈfiːniə/is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or

meaningless data.

Quantified Selfself knowledge through numbers

Chris Dancy – Data Exhaust Cartographerhttp://www.servicesphere.com/seanchai/

What My Data Tells Me• Blood pressure increases after days of having 48% or greater fat intake• Exercise outside is difficult if temperature is 45˚ or less – 3 to 5 minutes slower per mile• Exercise is best when listening to music with BPM of 102 or greater – average 16 minute

mile/walking• Weekly weight loss occurs when exercising at least 5 hours per week AND at least 25 miles• Weight maintained when exercising at least 3 hours per week and calorie intake is 1850 or

lower• Blood glucose in appropriate range when carbohydrates at 50% or lower AND at least 5 hours

of exercise per week• The exercise sequence which best helps me meet weight loss goal is:

• 1+ hour per session• Minimum of 3 miles per session• 3 days – Rest day – 3 Days

• Weekly weight loss occurs when average at least 7 hours of sleep• Weight loss does not occur when average more than 5 miles per exercise session 5 times per

week

Data won’t make a difference

70+ pounds lost over one year

Data won’t make a difference

50 lbs lost over one year

The Future

How do I get started

• Specific Goal• Keep it simple• Use free version of apps first – pay only if you

know you will use the app for at least 1 year AND you know how you want it to help meet your goal

• Buy a device only if you know how you want it to help meet your goal

• This is about you – don’t worry about what others think – if you know it works for you, use it!

Questions?

Resources• “The rising popularity of mobile health & mHealth apps” – HIT Consultants -

http://www.hitconsultant.net/2013/08/21/infographic-the-rising-popularity-of-mobile-health-mhealth-apps/

• “Will an app a day keep the doctor away? The coming health care revolution” – Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2013/09/08/will-an-app-a-day-keep-the-doctor-away-the-coming-health-revolution/

• “Summary of Fitness and Health Mobile Applications” http://www.slideshare.net/aafromaa/summary-of-fitness-and-health-mobile-apps

• Quantified Self http://quantifiedself.com/

• Apopheniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia