Medical Opinions

Medical Opinions
Comments from Medical Thought Leaders
A few words of praise from our best critics – the physicians and scientists that have used BodyMedia products first-hand.
“The technology being developed by BodyMedia is state-of-the-art. It provides the opportunity to finally have a technique to accurately assess free-living energy expenditure.”   John Jakicic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Physical Activity and
Weight Management Research Center University of Pittsburgh
Department of HPRED
“Our center, which studies and treats obesity and alimentary behavior diseases, is finding many benefits in using the Armband for optimizing the therapeutic path we apply in rehabilitating these subjects. The nutritional chronobiological analysis of energy expenditure, the assessment of spontaneous and programmed physical activity, and the follow-up of these parameters were, in fact, difficult to evaluate before we acquired the Armband system.”   De Cristofaro, M.D.
Director, Regional Center for Nutritional Diseases
Giulianova Hospital
Teramo, Italy
“The lifestyle changes targeted toward increasing daily energy expenditure is one of the cornerstone of obesity treatment...Several recent papers suggested that the Armband is an acceptable device to accurate measure energy expenditure. This information would be useful in counseling patients regarding appropriate energy expenditure during weight loss program and improving daily physical activity.”   Angelo Pietrobelli, M.D.
Pediatric Unit
Verona University Medical School
Verona, Italy
“We believe that the data streams obtained from the Armband can be analyzed to reveal a strong correlation between worker/workplace performance.”   DJ Wilson, Ph.D.
Senior Business Analysis - Research & Development
Arup Research & Development
“As part of an industrial safety study, we have found BodyMedia personnel to be professional and experts in their craft. Their products functioned effectively in various manufacturing environments.”   John Faulds
Manager, Human Resources
PPG Fiber Glass Products
Manufacturing Plant
“BodyMedia's technology will help us move our research out of the laboratory and into the community. It will give us the ability to get information from study participants we could previously get only in a lab.”   David Kupfer, M.D.
Chief of Behavioral Medicine & Medical Director
UPMC Western Psychiatric Institute
“My subjects like the Armband because they don't really notice they are wearing it. It's an exciting technology that combines physiological and activity monitoring information.”   Scott J. Strath, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee