# Own your body's data

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxClaremontColleges
- Speaker: Talithia Williams
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/talithia_williams_own_your_body_s_data)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Own your body's data](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/talithia_williams_own_your_body_s_data/914a13e4372c), 17 min (TED's player)