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The quantified self: hacking the body for better health and performance

Summary:

The quantified-self movement is a community of individuals deploying mobile health applications, fitness trackers and social media platforms to share information on their health behaviors like eating, sleeping, fitness and medication. It’s an important movement to watch, as its growth has huge potential implications for the health care sector’s future evolution. This report discusses the quantified-self movement, from the concepts driving it to the technology vital to its growth. Of course, the movement comes bundled with its fair share of ethical and regulatory challenges, which will need to be overcome as we move forward.

  1. Table of contents 
  2. Executive summary
  3. Introduction
  4. What’s driving the QS movement?
    1. Lifestreaming
    2. Health 2.0
    3. Hacking the body
  5. Tracking tools
  6. Platforms for integrating data
  7. The convergence of DIY bio and QS
  8. Some challenges and risks for the QS movement
  9. The future of the QS movement or the future of health?
  10. Key findings
  11. Further reading
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