Wearable Technology and Physical Activity in Chronic Disease: Opportunities and Challenges

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: smphillips@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
⁵ Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Siobhan M Phillips et al. Am J Prev Med. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;54(1):144-150.

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.015. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: smphillips@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
⁵ Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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