An app for a healthier lifestyle?

public

European Commission

Brussels

01/07/2013 - 00:00

Description

"The Jawbone "Up": lifestyle monitor or gimmick?

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 24401

Duration

10:45

Level

Intermediate

Use

Simultaneous

Type

pedagogical material

Domains

Health

Terminology

The Jawbone Up, self-tracking, heart-rate monitor, app (application), wrist band, rubber, nutritional breakdown, idle alert, arthritis, groggy, joined-up, motion sensor, bike ride, crunch, whiz-bang, ether, wireless scales, health insurance scheme, to sync, BMI (body mass index), bloated, gimmick, smoke and mirrors, tailoring, fortune cookie

Notes

28 s introduction