HLTH173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Fitbit, Quantified Self, Human Factors And Ergonomics
2 Aug 2016
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Human factors initially focused on work, but recent trends in technology have pushed us to try to better understand our bodies and health overall, not just during work hours. A scientific understanding of how we work, sleep, eat, interact with the world around us. Quantified self (qs) - any individual engaged in the self-tracking of any kind of biological, physical, behavioral, or environmental information. There is a proactive stance toward obtaining information and acting on it. A variety of areas may be tracked and analyzed, for example, weight, energy level, mood, time usage, sleep quality, health, cognitive performance, athletics, and learning strategies. Studied energy expenditure in living systems by tracking his weight, food intake, and elimination over 30 years during the 16th century. Often focus on measuring weight over time. Helps to track long-term trends, rather than focus on small changes. Withings aura, wakemate, e. t. c: attempt to monitor duration and quality of sleep.
