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For various articles on physical activity and inactivity see issue of Lancet 380, no. 9838 (2012): i, 187306; Matt Sloane, "Physical Inactivity Causes 1 in 10 Deaths Worldwide, Study Says," CNN, July 18, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/health/physical-inactivity-deaths/index.html.
461 apps that a.s.sist those who wish to keep track of how many calories
David H. Freeman, "The Perfected Self," Atlantic, June 2012.
462 some new headbands
Mark Bowden, "The Measured Man," Atlantic, July/August 2012.
463 Mood disorders
"Counting Every Moment," Economist, March 3, 2012.
464 genetic a.n.a.lyses designed to improve their individual nutritional needs
April Dembosky, "Olympians Trade Data for Tracking Devices," Financial Times, July 22, 2012.
465 Personal digital monitors of patients' heart rates
Gary Wolf, "The Data-Driven Life," New York Times Magazine, April 28, 2010; "Counting Every Moment," Economist, March 3, 2012; Freeman, "The Perfected Self."
466 reporting information on a constant basis
Sharon Gaudin, "Nanotech Could Make Humans Immortal by 2040, Futurist Says," Computerworld, October 1, 2009; Bowden, "The Measured Man."
467 "Constant monitoring is a recipe"
Bowden, "The Measured Man."
468 resulting interventions were apparently doing more harm than good
Gardiner Harris, "U.S. Panel Says No to Prostate Screening for Healthy Men," New York Times, October 7, 2011.
469 seen as highly valuable to insurance companies
"Do Not Ask or Do Not Answer?," Economist, August 23, 2007.
470 and employers
Adam Cohen, "Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?," Time, February 2, 2012.
471 fear that they will lose their jobs and/or their health insurance
Amy Harmon, "Insurance Fears Lead Many to Shun DNA Tests," New York Times, February 24, 2008.
472 prohibits the disclosure or improper use of genetic information
Cohen, "Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?"
473 But enforcement is difficult
Amy Harmon, "Congress Pa.s.ses Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes," New York Times, May 2, 2008; Cohen, "Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?"
474 trust in the law's protection is low
Eric A. Feldman, "The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): Public Policy and Medical Practice in the Age of Personalized Medicine," Journal of General Internal Medicine 27, no. 6 (June 2012): 74346.
475 employers usually pay for the majority of health care expenditures
Harmon, "Insurance Fears Lead Many to Shun DNA Tests."
476 fails to guarantee patient access to records
Amy Dockser Marcus and Christopher Weaver, "Heart Gadgets Test Privacy-Law Limits," Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2012.
