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Healthy Lives Challenge How might we use technology to inspire all socioeconomic and multicultural groups to lead healthier lives? Hel...

Healthy Lives Challenge

How might we use technology to inspire all socioeconomic and multicultural groups to lead healthier lives?

Help us develop a set of solutions that use technology to improve health, in particular among the growing Hispanic population in the U.S, 30% of which suffers from diabetes and 75% of which are overweight or obese. 

In this challenge, we recognize that young people are the largest influencers of a community’s health future. That’s where the technology piece comes in. If we’re going to make big change in people’s lifestyles, it has to be easy and play into their current habits. How might we leverage media, technology and content platforms to inspire healthier lifestyles?

Solutions should:

  • Draw upon technology (e.g. social platforms, TV, wearables, sensor networks, AR/VR and other technologies)
  • Embrace tradition (preserve cultural traditions and draw upon end user's heritage while staying current)
  • Inspire action (move beyond motivation to impact; can be quickly tested and proven on a small scale)
  • Highlight the hidden (unearth less obvious triggers or motivators we don't know much about that could be game-changers)
  • Are visual and fun
  • Are inclusive (can be applied across multicultural and socioeconomic groups, across the world, and across ages and physical abilities)

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