Re:Fitbit's 150B hours of heart data
by davemp on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:31AM
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> This large scale data analytics is probable the best (or at least usually fastest) way to solve the worlds big health challenges I would guess.
Judging from previous performance of using statistical analysis to study health, I don't see it solving anything major.
Health is mostly a combinations of genetics and healthy routines.
People already have a good idea of how they could improve their routines/diets--they choose not to. Healthy routines are hard. So unless the massive data sets are related to genetics, I don't see them contributing much.
Judging from previous performance of using statistical analysis to study health, I don't see it solving anything major.
Health is mostly a combinations of genetics and healthy routines.
People already have a good idea of how they could improve their routines/diets--they choose not to. Healthy routines are hard. So unless the massive data sets are related to genetics, I don't see them contributing much.
Also good luck "anonymizing" genetic data!