May 19, 2009

Health Visualizer



A group including Ben Fry created this intuitive, interactive health visualizer for GE as part of their new health care initiative.

I found the differences in rates of heart disease between the BMI groups to be surprisingly small. I'll be adding a series of posts next week about the relationship between BMI and life expectancy.

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Related:
The importance of externalizing ideas (quotes from Ben Fry's dissertation)