High-Tech Health: Apps For Exercise, Diet And More
By Kara Miller
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Gadgets can sometimes feel like a barrier to good health. You’re chained to your desk watching a screen, and you’re stressed by constant texts, tweets, and emails.
But if tech is sometimes the enemy, might it also be the answer?
We look today at some fascinating ways to get healthy, from a nutritionist in your pocket to a marathon coach on your mobile phone, to a website that rewards you for buying local, cutting fat and doing yoga.
Guests:
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Brian Stelter, media reporter, New York Times
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Laurent Adamowicz, Founder, Bon'App
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Sara Hopson, manager of Community Engagement, Daily Feats
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Sarah Hodges, head of marketing, Runkeeper
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Each week, Kara Miller talks to Boston's most innovative thinkers, examining new ideas and potential solutions to today’s many challenges. Topics range from education to health care to green energy. Join us on Saturdays at 7 a.m. and Sundays at 10 p.m.
Kara Miller
As a radio host, Kara Miller has interviewed thinkers from E.J. Dionne to Howard Gardner, Deepak Chopra to Lani Guinier. She is a panelist on WGBH-TV's "Beat the Press," as well as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The National Journal, The Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, and The International Herald Tribune.
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