All of Us Enrollees Can Now Share Health Data From Their Fitbit Accounts With Researchers

As part of its All of Us Research Program, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that anyone who owns a Fitbit and has enrolled in the program can share their Fitbit account's health data with NIH researchers, reports MobiHealthNews.com . "Collecting real-world, real-time data through digital technologies will become a fundamental part of the program," stated All of Us Research Program Director Eric Dishman. "This information in combination with many other data types will give us an unprecedented ability to better understand the impact of lifestyle and environment on health outcomes and, ultimately, develop better strategies for keeping people healthy in a very precise, individualized way." The goal of the program is to create a dataset of demographic, health, genomic, and other health information for research purposes. "This is a tremendous opportunity for Fitbit users who choose to participate ... by providing information that can help pave the way to a healthier future for all of us," said Fitbit Health Solutions General Manager Adam Pellegrini. "Every day we learn more about the potential for wearable data to inform personalized healthcare and through All of Us, the research community will gain an even better understanding of the role wearable data can play in helping to prevent and treat disease."