Designs that Change Health Behaviors
Friday, February 12th, 2010A website from Philips, GetInsideHealth, offers an interesting TEDMED video summary of some of the innovative products that are designed for behavior change. You may need to register to get access to the video.
An excerpt from the transcript:
“The exponential rise in chronic disease associated with obesity and a sedentary, modern lifestyle is exerting unsustainable demands on health budgets world-wide. But, whereas public policy initiatives, aimed at prevention, are slow to take hold, a raft of recent technological innovations appear to be having a real impact in terms of shifting people’s behaviour and nudging them toward a healthier and more active lifestyle. This video focuses health-related technology advancements, such as DirectLife, and includes interviews with Tim Brown, President and CEO of IDEO; David Pogue, Technology Columnist of the New York Times; and Deepak Chopra, Chairman and Co-founder of Chopra Center for Wellbeing.”