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A Behavioral Scientist’s Tips For Not Gaining Weight or Over-Eating This Holiday Season
With the holiday season quickly approaching, food is the centerpiece of most social gatherings. We love our holiday feasts, but this causes an annual pattern of extended binge eating that, for most Americans, is…
Health, Health Management, Eating, Self-Control / NOVEMBER 16 2017
Exercise Blog Series, Part 4: Exercise Fights Fibromyalgia Symptoms with You!
By: Michelle Zong and Zachary Zenko, PhD This is the fourth post in a series designed to review some of the many benefits of exercise in an accessible manner. Previous posts can be found here,…
Health, Health Management, Exercise / OCTOBER 13 2017
Exercise Blog Series, Part 3: Exercise as if Your Mind Depends on It
Part 3 of a Series By: Michelle Zong, Jamie Foehl and Zachary Zenko, PhD Exercise has been called a “polypill” (3) because of its plethora of benefits4. This is the third post in…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management, Exercise / AUGUST 28 2017
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Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Helping Remote Employees Towards a Healthier Lifestyle Some Insights from MTurkers
By Nina Bartmann, Jonathan Corbin, Ziyi Yan Image by Paico Oficial from Unsplash Remote work is here to stay In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, around March 2020, most companies across the U.S….
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…