22: Pokemon and public health

Pokemon Go is sweeping the world and getting people walking again! But is the Pokemon Go 'model' a golden opportunity to tackle obesity or just another fad?

Some of the topics discussed:

• James plays "Pokemon or Cholesterol medication?"
• Dan tries to explain Pokemon Go to James
• James' first contact with Pokemon Go "trainers"
• Should health interventions be modeled on Pokemon Go?
• Other exercise augmented reality health apps
• What's the app's endgame?
• Can health authorities copy this model?
• We make a correction from episode 17: PLoS is in fact a non-profit journal, not a for-profit journal
• Dan and James answer two listener questions: i) The dumbest things they've ever done in the lab (both related to email faux pas) ii) How often should lab meetings be run
• The importance of PROPERLY piloting your experiment
• If you don't know the person in the meeting that takes up too much time, it's probably you.

Links

• The quiz

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2016/07/pokemon_or_cholesterol_medication_a_quiz.html

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