Behavioral economy to treat physical inactivity

描述(申请人提供)：肥胖和缺乏运动将很快取代吸烟，成为美国可预防的死亡的主要原因。一个主要因素是用久坐不动的电子媒体消费取代了身体活动行为。首席调查员开发了无线嵌入式技术，使媒体访问(电视、计算机、手机)取决于自动传感器检测到的身体活动。因此，该方法同时减少了久坐不动，增加了活动行为。符合远程可编程标准的体力活动会导致积分的增加，这些积分可以转移到管理媒体访问的设备上维护的电子账户。重要的是，用户不需要在身体活动期间连接到媒体设备；因此，可以容纳各种各样的活动。嵌入式处理器能够实现个人定制的强化计划，允许用户在适当的健康水平开始锻炼计划，并通过近似逐步朝着更严格的目标前进。这项应用的具体目的是：1)对技术进行改进，2)确认运动传感器的精度，3)使用传感器创建客观测量，4)在实验室测试干预效果，5)进行家庭可靠性测试。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity and physical inactivity will soon replace cigarette smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. A major factor is the replacement of physically active behaviors with sedentary consumption of electronic media. The Principal Investigator has developed wireless embedded technology making media access (television, computers, cell phones) contingent upon physical activity detected by automatic sensors. The method thus simultaneously decreases sedentary and increases active behaviors. Physical activity meeting a remotely programmable criterion results in the accretion of points that are transferable to electronic accounts maintained on devices regulating access to media. Importantly, the user need not be connected to the media device during the physical activity; thus, a wide variety of activities can be accommodated. The embedded processors enable the implementation of an individually-tailored reinforcement schedule allowing the user to begin an exercise program at their appropriate fitness level and progress incrementally toward a more rigorous goal through approximation. The Specific Aims of this application are to: 1) make improvements to the technology, 2) confirm the precision of the exercise sensors, 3) create objective measures using the sensors, 4) test the effect of the intervention in the laboratory, and 5) conduct home-based reliability tests.