Blood pressure, resting pulse, sleep cycle, stress and energy level, breathing, blood oxygen saturation, exercise blood sugar, running power, pedaling wattage… Jérémie, 47, has his eyes riveted on all these parameters.
Charles, 32, a healthcare professional,
“just”
monitors his heart rate, sleep and daily step count.
Jérôme, who is overweight, has gone on a diet and exercise and is looking into gaining muscle mass and losing weight.
Marc, in his thirties, watches his heart rate to measure the impact of stress on his body...
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All are followers of the "quantified self", or "measurement of self" in French.
Under this sibylline name hide all the practices that consist in measuring, without medical advice, a large number of physiological data.
A practice made possible by the emergence of a large number of connected objects, from bathroom scales to watches and smartphones.
The credo...
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