Using fitness trackers to generate and collect quantifiable data is a widespread practice
aimed at better understanding one's health and body. The intentional design of fitness …

The emergence and proliferation of smart sensor technologies has enabled the self-tracking
of everyday life in an unprecedented manner as the logic of quantification and datafication …

In this review, I analyse how 'behaviour-based personalisation'in insurance–that is, insurers'
increased interest in tracking and manipulating insureds' behaviour with, for instance …

This is a book about health apps. At the same time, it is a book about a larger, more general
development of which health apps are but a symptom. I want to start this introduction by …

The rise of fitness-tracking devices such as the Fitbit in personal health and wellness is
emblematic of the use of data-gathering health and fitness technologies by institutions to …

Microbiome science has highlighted human and microbial interdependency, offering a
radical epistemic shift from the individualistic view of the human body and self. Research …

Digital self-tracking devices increasingly inhabit everyday landscapes, yet many people
abandon self-trackers not long after acquisition. Although research has examined why …

In the past few years, self‐tracking technologies have been celebrated for the possibilities
they offer to 'optimize'fitness and wellbeing, yet also criticized for being rigid and isolating. In …

Introduction Livestock farmers are being increasingly encouraged to adopt digital health
technologies on their farms. Digital innovations may have unintended consequences, but …

Fitness trackers or 'wearables' are being used by an ever-increasing number of exercisers to
self-monitor their health, wellbeing and fitness. While acknowledging that many users find …