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Summary: Using Mobile & Personal Sensing Technologies to Support
Health Behavior Change in Everyday Life: Lessons Learned
Predrag Klasnja1
, Sunny Consolvo1,2
, PhD,
David W. McDonald1
, PhD, James A. Landay1,2
, PhD, & Wanda Pratt1
, PhD
1
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2
Intel Research Seattle, Seattle, WA
Abstract
Lifestyle modification is a key facet of the prevention
and management of chronic diseases. Mobile devices
that people already carry provide a promising
platform for facilitating these lifestyle changes. This
paper describes key lessons learned from the
development and evaluation of two mobile systems
for encouraging physical activity. We argue that by
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