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FitBit and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Launches a Digital Health Project- Fitbit Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD)

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FitBit and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Launches a Digital Health Project- Fitbit Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD)

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  • The BYOD project is initiated for All of Us Research Program- enrolling 1M participants to gather collective data for improving the ability of preventing and treating diseases based on lifestyle- environment and genetics
  • The FitBit device helps in collecting real-world- real-time data using their own account with the program and manually adding the information including weight- water intake and meals- allowing to understand the impact of lifestyle and environment on health and developing techniques for improving QoL
  • Second- All of Us research program using Fitbit devices is expected to launch in 2019- conducted by Scripps Research Translational Institute generating data of health indicators such as physical activity- heart rate and sleep in conjunction
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