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94. Self-monitoring

Self-monitoring devices that accurately observe and quantify changes to the body over time show great promise in promoting awareness of one's health status. These technologies can provide a powerful tool for gaining personal insight into the physiological states of the body, thereby encouraging positive behavioral and lifestyle changes.

This feature requires that employers offer to each employee for his/her personal use a self-monitoring device that accurately measures and tracks biomarkers associated with occupant health and wellness, including, but not limited to, heart rate variability, sleep quality and duration, activity levels and body mass.

Part 1: Sensors and Wearables

A sensor capable of measuring at least 2 of the following parameters is made available to each occupant for his/her personal use and is subsidized by at least 50%:

a) Body weight/mass.
b) Activity and steps.
c) Heart Rate Variability.
d) Sleep duration, quality and regularity.
Cardiovascular

Applicability Matrix

Core & Shell New Construction WELL Interiors
Part 1: Sensors and Wearables - O O
Commercial Kitchen Education Multifamily Residential Retail
Part 1: Sensors and Wearables - O - O

Verification Methods Matrix

Letters of Assurance Annotated Documents On-Site Checks
PART 1 (Protocol)
Sensors and Wearables 		Policy Document

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Community Preventive Services Task Force. Technology-Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions to Reduce Weight and Maintain Weight Loss. http://www.thecommunityguide.org/obesity/TechnologicalCoaching.html. Published 2014. Accessed September 15, 2014.
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Community Preventive Services Task Force's Technology _Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions to Reduce Weight and Maintain Weight Loss recommends technology-supported components for weight loss interventions including pedometers.
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/guidelines/prctgd_c.pdf. Published 1998. Accessed September 15, 2014.
94.1.a

The NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative's Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults states that self-monitoring of a behavior usually changes the behavior in the desired direction.
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