About this episode

Marco Benitez discusses the potential and challenges of using wearable technology for health data management.

Do you have an Apple watch? Fitbit? Oura ring? Woop? Wearables have taken over in the past decade with claims that by constantly monitoring our heart rate, sleep, respiration, and activity, they can provide health data that can change your life. But is that really possible? Or even plausible? Marco Benitez, former professional athlete, and the Founder and CEO of ROOK joins us on the Living Well series today to talk all things wearables. He sees tremendous potential with how the data these tools compile can be utilized across all aspects of our lives, including in our cars (!), to change our behavior. But he acknowledges there’s a catch. Many of these companies use the data collected not for YOUR benefit, but for theirs, and real change, well, there’s no magic bullet. It’s hard, takes time, and is all on you. Raised in Mexico with an insatiable curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit, Marco Benitez built his career at the intersection of health, technology, and sports science. Starting as a Tae Kwon Do champion, Marco’s discipline and resilience guided him into biomedical engineering, then into high-stakes roles in pharmaceutical giants like Roche and Novartis. Here, he witnessed the…

People in this episode

Host: Zeev Neuwirth

Guest: Marco Benitez

Topics covered

• wearable technology
• health data
• behavior change
• entrepreneurship
• sports science
• biomedical engineering

Keywords

• wearables
• health metrics
• data utilization
• behavior change
• health technology
• entrepreneurship
• sports science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ROOK, Roche, Novartis

Products: Apple watch, Fitbit, Oura ring, Woop

Places: Mexico

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