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Using Technology To Encourage Wellness

We often hear stories about technology getting in the way of healthy habits. Picture youngsters playing video games instead of a pickup game of baseball or basketball outside.

But a team of researchers at UWM have discovered that technology can also be the key to encouraging wellness.

Polly Ryan, associate researcher in the College of Nursing and Alice Fang Yan, assistant professor in the Zilber school of public health, are looking at ways to use smart phones and other technology to improve wellness.

Tom Luljak hosted UWM Today on WUWM for more than two decades and is the inaugural host of Curious Campus.