NUIG Fitness technology lecture March 2012
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Mobile fitness apps and connected devices are helping address the growing problem of obesity worldwide. These technologies integrate physical activity tracking, social networks, and gamification to motivate exercise. Their widespread adoption depends on making health tools affordable, holistic, approachable, automatic, shareable, and persuasive according to theories of innovation diffusion.
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NUIG Fitness technology lecture March 2012
- 1. Fitness There’s an App for that Ted Vickey
- 18. Around the world today… 1 in 3 adults overweight 1 in 10 adults obese Data from WHO, 2011
- 19. 50 45 40 “Globesity” USA, 45 35 Percentage of adult obesity (>30% BMI) Mexico, 33 30 Chile, 30 Australia, 27 25 England, 24 20 Brazil, 17 15 Sweden, 12 Norway, 11 10 Behold: the world's 10 fattest countries 5 Japan, 3 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Data from WHO, 2011
- 21. Dec2012 Jul 2011 13k 9k
- 29. Connected Health Health Technology Physical Social Obesity Mobile Activity Networks Mobile + Social Network + Physical Activity
- 30. 1. Turn on mobile fitness app Wo r k o u t T i me !
- 31. 2. Complete physical activity Walking Running Biking Hiking Swimmin g Lifting Sleeping
- 32. 3. Save workout
- 35. Duration: 184 days Total tweets: 2,841,121 English Only: 1,974,396 Unique users: 112,259
- 36. Diffusion of Innovation Rogers (1962)
- 37. Technology for health must be: 1. Affordable 2. Holistic 3. Approachable 4. Automatic 5. Sharable 6. Persuasive
- 44. www.myzeo.com
- 45. www.myzeo.com
- 46. www.fitbit.com
- 49. www.mealsnap.com
- 53. www.withings.com
- 54. www.nike.com
- 55. www.nike.com
- 58. www.gympact.com
- 63. Ted Vickey National University of Ireland - Galway ted.vickey@deri.org @tedvickey www.linkedin.com/in/tedvickey www.socialfitphd.com
- 65. 30 Minutes
- 68. www.buddhify.com