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Exercise Blog Series, Part 2: Feeling Depressed? Ask your doctor about exercise.
Part 2 of a Series By: Jamie Foehl and Zachary Zenko, PhD You’re probably familiar with the notion that exercise might help with depression. Maybe you’ve seen an article or headline that starts…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management, Exercise / JUNE 8 2017
Exercise Blog Series, Part 1: Exercising Your Way to a Good Night’s Sleep
Series By: Zachary Zenko & Jamie Foehl Exercise has been called a “polypill” (3) because of its plethora of benefits. This will be the first in a series of blog posts designed to review…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management, Exercise / APRIL 17 2017
Making Exercise Meaningful
By: Conor Artman and Aline Holzwarth It’s no secret that we would all be better off if we exercised a bit more. And yet, we struggle to exercise for many reasons: some cite the high…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Exercise / NOVEMBER 18 2016
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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…
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…
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…
Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…