Trackers
Subtitle: how technology is helping us monitor & improve our health
By: Richard MacManus
Publisher: David Bateman
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Albany, Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781869538804
Subjects: Medical informatics; Genomics; Information resources management
Description: "Self-tracking is the practice of measuring and monitoring your health, activities or diet through technologies such as smartphones, apps, pedometers, and personal genomics, empowering you to take control of your day-to-day health." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes index (p. 221-224).

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Buster Benson's self-tracking odyssey -- -- 2.; title: The pedometer on steroids: tracking activity with FitBit -- -- 3.; title: Diet wars: tracking food with MyFitnessPal -- -- 4.; title: The tao of weight tracking -- -- 5.; title: How useful is genetics? Me & my 23andMe results -- -- 6.; title: Inception: tracking the brain -- -- 7.; title: Bacteria nation: tracking the microbiome with uBiome -- -- 8.; title: The health dashboard: TicTrac -- -- 9.; title: The modern doctor: Dr. Robin Berzin -- -- 10.; title: Tracking + medicine: MD revolution.