Pathways to a Just Digital Future Watch this tech inequality series featuring scholars, practitioners, & activists 79% of people surveyed in the US have a higher Vitality Age than their actual age a factor that serves as a powerful motivator for members to take corrective action to improve their health. Assess: A member’s first interaction with Vitality is typically a Health Risk Assessment that asks them questions on lifestyle behaviors (e.g., exercise level, eating habits, smoking, alcohol intake, mental wellbeing) and biometric markers (e.g., height, weight, blood pressure, fasting glucose, cholesterol) to calculate the member’s Vitality Age-a risk-adjusted age that takes these factors into consideration.Vitality follows a 4-step, data-driven approach to encourage healthier behavior: In a world where insurance companies predominantly pay for sickness, Vitality’s innovative approach to pay for wellness is changing the industry. Vitality, founded in South Africa, is the world’s first health insurer to use behavioral economics and data analytics to incentivize customers to live healthier.
If you were rewarded to engage in healthy behaviors, would you take better care of yourself?