Obama, Prince Harry, Angelina: Celebrities As Health Influencers

Beloved Hollywood celebrities, famous politicians or members of the British royal family: no better advertisement for fitness tracker producers and health tech companies. As models, actors and actresses are highly influential people, their early adoption of digital solutions could also push the masses towards living more healthily with technologies. On the other hand, celebrities are inclined to follow questionable health trends, too, which go against decades of medical evidence. Those examples, everyone should rather reject. Wearables conquered Hollywood, the White House, and the British royal family Celebrities are all about digital health and wellness gadgets. So much, actually, that we assume if wearables had appeared in the 1960s, Marilyn Monroe would have gone for a golden Apple Watch, while Elvis for a calorie-counting fitness tracker such as the Fitbit Flex. Now, back to the present: Prince Harry and it’s sleep tracking Oura ring was all over the (tech) news end of October. Of course, it wasn’t that widely reported as his wedding with Meghan Markle, but the technology company could still expect a surge of interest in the coming weeks. The ring measures sleep, body temperature, resting heart rate and tracks activity with an option to nudge the wearer in every hour to move 2-3 minutes. It’s an interesting choice, by the way, as celebrities rather go for wristbands. For example, former President Barack Obama has been spotted several times wearing a Fitbit Surge, a...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Social media in Healthcare celebrities digital health digital technologies digital technology famous fitness future health influencer health influencers Hollywood trackers trends wearables wellness Source Type: blogs