Med2.0 Conference at Harvard 2012

Fitness,

There Is

An App

For That

Ted Vickey

Enabling Networked Knowledge

WHAT WHY HOW



I am by EDUCATION an Exercise Scientist,

I am by EXPERIENCE an Entrepreneur,

I am by PASSION a Connector.


WHAT


My PhD is researching exercise and

technology, because I want to find out if the

use of online social networking increases

exercise adherence and motivation so that

developers can create more persuasive

applications that allow a person to

become healthier and decrease healthcare

costs.




WHY



Around the world today…

Data from WHO, 2011

1 in 3 adults overweight

1 in 10 adults obese



Japan, 3

Norway, 11Sweden, 12

Brazil, 17

England, 24

Australia, 27

Chile, 30

Mexico, 33

USA, 45

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HOW



1. Turn on mobile fitness app Workout

Time!


2. Complete physical activity

Walking

Running

Biking

Hiking

Swimming

Lifting

Sleeping


3. Save workout





We can analyze…

User ID Location # Followers # Followings # Lists Influence score Klout Type

• Fitness App • Exercise Type • Exercise Time • Exercise Trends • Twitter Social Network • Message • Twitter activity


The process…


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#Endomondo users by Language


(March 21 – October 21, 2011)





> God: 12

Heaven: 5

Devil: 2

Hell: 18


$hit: 46

Crap: 22

Damn: 40

F%#&: 51

Bitch: 1

Ass: 34

Fat Ass: 1


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391


Location based Tweets (29% of all Tweets)


Geo location of #endomondo users



Was out cycling 5.03 miles

with #Endomondo. See it

here: http://t.co/dr24ar


http://t.co/dfe34d

http://t.co/dfe34d


#Endomondo Celebrates 5 Million

#Downloads Of Fitness App With

$2.3M In Seed Funding

http://t.co/Z3a2MYwV




Top Ten Tweeters using #endomondo


Survey Question:

What percent of the time when

you exercise do you use a

mobile fitness app?

69% of all users more than

80% of the time


Time Period Analysis



Future research

Continue to analyze data

Cross application usage patterns

Adoption and maintenance patterns

Cross analysis with Survey Data

Social Network Analysis

Collaborate with other researchers

Survey users

Build economic model of research


Ted Vickey National University of Ireland - Galway

[email protected]

@tedvickey

www.linkedin.com/in/tedvickey

www.socialfitphd.com www.slideshare.net/tedvickey



Business Model for Connected Health



• Why important?

• Epidemiology

• Public Policy

• What is it?

• Global crisis

• Economic impact

• Twitter

• Social Network Analysis

• Connected Health

• Mobile Fitness Apps

• Persuasive Technologies

• Challenges


Naaman et al 2010

Pear Analytics 2009

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