Health trackers : how technology is helping us monitor and improve our health / Richard MacManus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacManus, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Medicine--Information technology.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new industry is growing around the tracking of health and fitness through various gadgets, apps, and programs. These new ways of monitoring our every move, however, may not be well understood even by those who use them, and yet they may be revolutionizing the health and wellness industries. This book makes sense of the various tracking devices and illustrates how they work for us and our overall health.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: BUSTER BENSON'S SELF-TRACKING ODYSSEY; CHAPTER TWO: THE PEDOMETER ON STEROIDS: TRACKING ACTIVITY WITH FITBIT; CHAPTER THREE: DIET WARS: TRACKING FOOD WITH MYFITNESSPAL; CHAPTER FOUR: THE TAO OF WEIGHT TRACKING; CHAPTER FIVE: HOW USEFUL IS GENETICS? ME & MY 23ANDME RESULTS; CHAPTER SIX: INCEPTION: TRACKING THE BRAIN; CHAPTER SEVEN: BACTERIA NATION: TRACKING THE MICROBIOME WITH UBIOME; CHAPTER EIGHT: THE HEALTH DASHBOARD: TICTRAC; CHAPTER NINE: THE MODERN DOCTOR: DR. ROBIN BERZIN; CHAPTER TEN: TRACKING + MEDICINE: MD REVOLUTION; EPILOGUE

THE AUTHORFURTHER READING & REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-5356-8