Delivery Apps, Meal Kits, Groceries and Cooking Dinner — This report is the fifth in a series of reports on the results from a set of consumer surveys on health-related behaviors and the influence of popular products and services. Fielded by Building H, a project to build health into everyday life, the surveys examined the influences of products and…

Rideshare, Mapping Apps and Our Transportation Choices — This report is the fourth in a series of reports on the results from a set of consumer surveys on health-related behaviors and the influence of popular products and services. Fielded by Building H, a project to build health into everyday life, the surveys examined the influences of popular products…

Lessons from Atlas — Building H sponsored a team of graduate students from the Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington for a capstone project in which they developed a speculative design for a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) application. MaaS is an on-demand service that integrates and unifies several different forms of…

New Data on American Sleeping Patterns — This report is the third in a series of reports on the results from a set of consumer surveys on health-related behaviors and the influence of popular products and services. Fielded by Building H, a project to build health into everyday life, the surveys examined the influences of popular products…

Health Behaviors, Everyday Life and Popular Products — A new set of surveys found that most Americans aren’t getting enough healthy behavior in their everyday lives — and the products they love might be part of the problem. 57.2% of U.S. adults are getting less than the recommended seven hours of sleep per night; 61.3% are getting less…

Q&A with Tiffany Chu, CEO Remix This profile of Remix and its co-founder and CEO, Tiffany Chu, is the second in a series that shares the journeys of entrepreneurs who are building health into everyday life, creating new products and services that shape the environments around us and make healthier lives easier to realize. Remix is…

A Conversation with Emily Anthes Emily Anthes is a science journalist and author of the new book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness, an exploration of the ways in which the design of indoor — and, spoiler alert — outdoor spaces…

I’ve argued in other essays, talks and even Twitter threads that we’ve created a society in which it’s hard to be healthy. Since 1960 we’ve grown our health care industry from 5% of GDP to 18%, while obesity rates have tripled from 14% to 42% and diabetes rates jumped by…

Later this month, I’ll be transitioning out of my position as Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) so that I can dedicate myself full time to the work I’ve been slowly building up over the past few years — the work to challenge people to…