Y Stats body the key to better health?

Y Stats body the key to better health? -

How do you quantify? This is the key issue of health care coming out of the South by Southwest Interactive festival this year. As gadgets monitoring body like the Nike + Fuelband or the Garmin Forerunner, become more popular the inevitable question arises: How can we use this data and what effect these data on my life in the long term? If you have your race blood pressure, your sweat rate, and your body fat percentage will those numbers translate into better health? The companies are pushing to answer that question with a "yes, certainly."

A company that makes biometrics body to the next level is BodyMedia. Before 09, the company focused on developing products for medical research, but realized that there was a unique opportunity to help consumers. Their armband collects 5,000 data points per minute (heat flow measurement, motion, skin temperature and electrical conductivity of the skin) data points are then translated into useful advice on calories burned, sleep quality and how your body's metabolism works

BodyMedia and other companies hope their products will be. soon be able to monitor for chronic diseases. So far, the main body of the advantages of tracking devices have is communal. the devices allow you to view drive information and the organization of statistics on media social and online communities. Studies have shown that people who receive support for the objectives and specific events are more likely to stay with them.

So will quantify your fitness and rest statistical prevent you from developing a chronic disease and keep your health care costs? We do not know, but experts at South by Southwest tech will continue to try to give you all the resources available.

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