Trackers : how technology is helping us monitor & improve our health /
MacManus, Richard,
Trackers : how technology is helping us monitor & improve our health / Richard MacManus. - 224 pages ; 21 cm
Includes index.
Buster Benson's self-tracking odyssey -- The pedometer on steroids: tracking activity with FitBit -- Diet wars: tracking food with MyFitnessPal -- The tao of weight tracking -- How useful is genetics? Me & my 23andMe results -- Inception: tracking the brain -- Bacteria nation: tracking the microbiome with uBiome -- The health dashboard: TicTrac -- The modern doctor: Dr. Robin Berzin -- Tracking + medicine: MD revolution. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Self-tracking is the practice of measuring and monitoring your health, activities or diet through technologies such as smartphone apps, wearables and personal genomics, empowering you to take control of your day to day health. Richard MacManus explains the benefits and risks of self-tracking and looks at: * What exactly is being tracked * The tools and techniques being used * The best practices of early adopters * How self-tracking is revolutionizing the health and wellness industries * How the medical establishment is adapting to these new trends"--Publisher's website.
1869538803 9781869538804
Medical informatics.
Genomics.
Information resources management.
610.285
Trackers : how technology is helping us monitor & improve our health / Richard MacManus. - 224 pages ; 21 cm
Includes index.
Buster Benson's self-tracking odyssey -- The pedometer on steroids: tracking activity with FitBit -- Diet wars: tracking food with MyFitnessPal -- The tao of weight tracking -- How useful is genetics? Me & my 23andMe results -- Inception: tracking the brain -- Bacteria nation: tracking the microbiome with uBiome -- The health dashboard: TicTrac -- The modern doctor: Dr. Robin Berzin -- Tracking + medicine: MD revolution. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Self-tracking is the practice of measuring and monitoring your health, activities or diet through technologies such as smartphone apps, wearables and personal genomics, empowering you to take control of your day to day health. Richard MacManus explains the benefits and risks of self-tracking and looks at: * What exactly is being tracked * The tools and techniques being used * The best practices of early adopters * How self-tracking is revolutionizing the health and wellness industries * How the medical establishment is adapting to these new trends"--Publisher's website.
1869538803 9781869538804
Medical informatics.
Genomics.
Information resources management.
610.285