Using personal informatics to motivate physical activity: could we be doing it wrong?

Patrick Burns; Christopher Lueg; Shlomo Berkovsky

Using personal informatics to motivate physical activity: could we be doing it wrong?

Patrick Burns, Christopher Lueg, Shlomo Berkovsky

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Abstract

The global level of obesity and overweight is on the increase. Personal informatics - tools which assist users to collect and view information on their behaviours and habits - could help to reverse this trend by making users more aware of their daily level of physical activity. Most tools available use high-complexity high-engagement interfaces to convey this information. We argue that simpler interfaces may be more suitable for users who are not highly motivated to undertake physical activity. We discuss our recent work in designing and evaluating such an interface.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Personal Informatics in Practice
Subtitle of host publication	Improving Quality of Life Through Data, CHI 2012 Workshop
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12) - Austin, United States Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012

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Conference	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12

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Using personal informatics to motivate physical activity: could we be doing it wrong?

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