That’s gonna take more than a thousand watches!perhaps they can come up with a study to cure ignorance next![]()
I do not think anyone is denying this. Many are skeptical about the usefulness of a watch to solve the problem.Educate yourself on how big the eating disorder issue is before posting nonsense.
Here's a beginning for you: https://www.anad.org/education-and-awareness/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
I do not think anyone is denying this. Many are skeptical about the usefulness of a watch to solve the problem.
BTW, there is another related article in the news today: Apple hopes the Apple Watch can help patients recover faster from knee and hip replacements
I wish the watch could cure all these diseases the likelihood however is that it won't help with any of them.
It’s not like they’re marketing it as a cure for EDs, they’re donating to a specific study, headed by people who have an idea that it could provide data that could be helpful in the long run. What’s so outlandish about that?I do not think anyone is denying this. Many are skeptical about the usefulness of a watch to solve the problem.
“People who purge or engage in excessive bouts of exercise following the binge”
A lot of guys that go to my gym fit into that description, at least the “excessive exercising exercise” part...
Well we won’t know unless they study them, which Apple is thankfully making it easy to do with the donation.
Also as somebody who suffered from an eating disorder (anorexia) it’s very unlikely that any one thing can “solve/cure” it. It’s more about body image and accepting yourself, I can certainly see how an Apple Watch could help people be confident in a acceptable weight if they can see that they are actually healthy.
There's something wrong with the photo in this article. Call it OCD if you like, but there's no way that your wrist would be to the left hand side of the image with the watch showing in that orientation - it just wouldn't work?! I know it's a mock up and I know I'm being unbelievably anal about this but just looking at that picture is making me twitch violently.
TAKE IT AWAY. TAKE IT AWAY!
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They should give you a watch and perform a study on it.![]()
There's something wrong with the photo in this article. Call it OCD if you like, but there's no way that your wrist would be to the left hand side of the image with the watch showing in that orientation - it just wouldn't work?! I know it's a mock up and I know I'm being unbelievably anal about this but just looking at that picture is making me twitch violently.
TAKE IT AWAY. TAKE IT AWAY!
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Excellent!I am signed up for a study that is looking to correlate the data from the Apple Watch with data collected by your doctor and looking to understand the relationship between diseases and quality of life. My role will be to wear an apple watch daily and take my blood pressure twice a day for 45 days. Then blood pressure monthly and surveys quarterly for up to 3 years. I get to keep the watch and the blood pressure cuff. I haven't gotten the watch yet. My appointment is in November. They did ask if I wanted the 38mm or the 42mm watch. We will see what I get.
You can specify which arm you use and where the digital crown is. I technically wear my watch backwards (upside down) on my left arm, but I find I don't activate Siri accidentally nearly as often as I had been. If I moved my watch from my left arm to my right with the "standard" orientation, it would look exactly like the photo.
I do not think anyone is denying this. Many are skeptical about the usefulness of a watch to solve the problem.
BTW, there is another related article in the news today: Apple hopes the Apple Watch can help patients recover faster from knee and hip replacements
I wish the watch could cure all these diseases the likelihood however is that it won't help with any of them.
Imagine if the AW was ever used for aversion therapy. Say, think or do something stupid and you get a tazer like shock.
Jeez is that you in your profile picture? Wow.
I wonder what made Apple choose this specific disorder. Pretty cool though.
Since this thread is somewhat health oriented, I’m Actually in prep phase right now for bodybuilding, which I started back in July. Lifting is second nature to me, I love every second of it. I train five days a week, sometimes six Pending my schedule.
I don’t know anyone personally that struggles with any type of eating disorder, but it is a very serious thing, for both male and female. And I think this is probably one of those undiscovered type of disorders that many struggle with that are not exactly apparent when you first encounter someone. I Think Apple stepping in this direction really shows you it’s not about the Apple Watch anymore, it’s about monitoring our daily lifestyle to make us a better self through the fitness tracking, EKG, heart rate monitoring, and now something along these internal studies with Eating disorders.
I honestly think the Apple Watch is the one product that has the potential to be a massive breakthrough in the future for Apple, where will supersede the iPhone. It’s not here yet, but 5/6 years, we all will reflect back on the first GEN watch and realize how this was the first step.
Very clever Apple! Give away 1,000 Apple Watches... doesn't Apple Watch needs iPhone to work?![]()