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Own your body's data

Talithia Williams · TED

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About

The new breed of high-tech self-monitors (measuring heartrate, sleep, steps per day) might seem targeted at competitive athletes. But Talithia Williams, a statistician, makes a compelling case that all of us should be measuring and recording simple data about our bodies every day — because our own data can reveal much more than even our doctors may know.

The talk

  1. Own your body's data 17 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxClaremontColleges
Speaker
Talithia Williams
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Medicine and health
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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