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Using data to improve your health

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Earl Begley
Earl Begley

This document discusses how mobile apps and devices can help track health data to improve exercise, weight loss, and health outcomes. It provides examples of popular apps and devices that track metrics like steps, blood pressure, blood glucose, and exercise. The document outlines patterns the author found in their own data, such as blood pressure increases with high fat intake or optimal weight loss occurring with at least 5 hours of exercise and calorie intake under 1850 per week. Overall, the document advocates using tracked health data and finding patterns to set goals and monitor progress toward better health and weight loss.

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Using Data to improve your health Exercise, Weight Loss, Apps, Data & You
Happy New Year!
Now
Devices
Mobile Apps Lose It ¨C Food Diary, Weight Tracking Runkeeper ¨C Exercise Withings ¨C Blood Pressure monitor Shoe Tracker ¨C mileage on shoes Fitbit ¨C Steps, miles, floors, calories burned, weight, sleep FreeStyle ¨C Blood Glucose tracking Microsoft HealthVault ¨C Aggregation of all data, display point for doctors Google music and iTunes
How did I get here? Apophenia /?p??fi?ni?/ is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. Quantified Self self knowledge through numbers Chris Dancy ¨C Data Exhaust Cartographer http://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 ¨C 3 to 5 minutes slower per mile Exercise is best when listening to music with BPM of 102 or greater ¨C 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 ¨C Rest day ¨C 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 ¨C 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 ¨C don¡¯t worry about what others think ¨C if you know it works for you, use it!
Questions?
Resources ? ¡°The rising popularity of mobile health & mHealth apps¡± ¨C 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¡± ¨C Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2013/09/08/will-an-app-a-day-keep-the-doctor-away-the-coming-healthrevolution/ ? ¡°Summary of Fitness and Health Mobile Applications¡± http://www.slideshare.net/aafromaa/summary-of-fitness-and-health-mobile-apps ? Quantified Self http://quantifiedself.com/ ? Apophenia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

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Using data to improve your health

  • 1. Using Data to improve your health Exercise, Weight Loss, Apps, Data & You
  • 3. Now
  • 5. Mobile Apps Lose It ¨C Food Diary, Weight Tracking Runkeeper ¨C Exercise Withings ¨C Blood Pressure monitor Shoe Tracker ¨C mileage on shoes Fitbit ¨C Steps, miles, floors, calories burned, weight, sleep FreeStyle ¨C Blood Glucose tracking Microsoft HealthVault ¨C Aggregation of all data, display point for doctors Google music and iTunes
  • 6. How did I get here? Apophenia /?p??fi?ni?/ is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. Quantified Self self knowledge through numbers Chris Dancy ¨C Data Exhaust Cartographer http://www.servicesphere.com/seanchai/
  • 7. 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 ¨C 3 to 5 minutes slower per mile Exercise is best when listening to music with BPM of 102 or greater ¨C 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 ¨C Rest day ¨C 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
  • 8. Data won¡¯t make a difference 70+ pounds lost over one year
  • 9. Data won¡¯t make a difference 50 lbs lost over one year
  • 11. How do I get started ? Specific Goal ? Keep it simple ? Use free version of apps first ¨C 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 ¨C don¡¯t worry about what others think ¨C if you know it works for you, use it!
  • 13. Resources ? ¡°The rising popularity of mobile health & mHealth apps¡± ¨C 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¡± ¨C Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2013/09/08/will-an-app-a-day-keep-the-doctor-away-the-coming-healthrevolution/ ? ¡°Summary of Fitness and Health Mobile Applications¡± http://www.slideshare.net/aafromaa/summary-of-fitness-and-health-mobile-apps ? Quantified Self http://quantifiedself.com/ ? Apophenia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

Editor's Notes

  1. Resolutions ¨C Exercise and eat better ¨C vague goals -
  2. Why this does not work for me: Have to keep track of paper Difficult to see trends
  3. Explain the device the I use
  4. Explain the apps I use and why
  5. Setup up how to I use data to manage health ¨C Provide credit Chris Dancy
  6. Review the trends I have discovered
  7. In the future we will be connected to networks. This connection will allow doctors and health care professionals to measure and track our progress in relation to your goals. This will impact your general health, insurance rates, and lifespan.