Antonio Francesco Maturo is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna, Italy. He taught Sociology of Medicine at Brown University for several years. His research interests are connected to the sociology of health. He has written several articles about the phenomenon of medicalization and digital sociology.Veronica Moretti is Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests focus on the intersections between technologies and human activities, with specific emphasis on the sociology of health, surveillance and risk studies, and science, technology, and society approach.

From the perspective of the sociology of health, Maturo and Moretti explore the nature and implications of computer applications with which people can improve and maintain their health through games and competition. Giving equal space to techno-enthusiasts who emphasize the health benefits of digital health, and critical thinkers who point out how digital health can lead to social exclusion, they argue that both are right. Their topics include self-tracking and the quantification of everyday life, how apps foster medicalization, the dark side of digital health, and exercise is (also) medicine.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Self-Tracking and the Quantification of Everyday Life Chapter 2. Getting Things Done: Gaming and Framing Chapter 3. How Apps Foster MedicalizationChapter 4. The Self of the Quantified Self Chapter 5. The Dark Side of Digital Health Chapter 6. The Positive Medicalization: Digital Meditation Chapter 7. Exercise is (also) Medicine Conclusion

Antonio Francesco Maturo is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna, Italy. He taught Sociology of Medicine at Brown University for several years. His research interests are connected to the sociology of health. He has written several articles about the phenomenon of medicalization and digital sociology.Veronica Moretti is Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests focus on the intersections between technologies and human activities, with specific emphasis on the sociology of health, surveillance and risk studies, and science, technology, and society approach.

From the perspective of the sociology of health, Maturo and Moretti explore the nature and implications of computer applications with which people can improve and maintain their health through games and competition. Giving equal space to techno-enthusiasts who emphasize the health benefits of digital health, and critical thinkers who point out how digital health can lead to social exclusion, they argue that both are right. Their topics include self-tracking and the quantification of everyday life, how apps foster medicalization, the dark side of digital health, and exercise is (also) medicine.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Self-Tracking and the Quantification of Everyday Life Chapter 2. Getting Things Done: Gaming and Framing Chapter 3. How Apps Foster MedicalizationChapter 4. The Self of the Quantified Self Chapter 5. The Dark Side of Digital Health Chapter 6. The Positive Medicalization: Digital Meditation Chapter 7. Exercise is (also) Medicine Conclusion

Antonio Francesco Maturo is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna, Italy. He taught Sociology of Medicine at Brown University for several years. His research interests are connected to the sociology of health. He has written several articles about the phenomenon of medicalization and digital sociology.Veronica Moretti is Research Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests focus on the intersections between technologies and human activities, with specific emphasis on the sociology of health, surveillance and risk studies, and science, technology, and society approach.

From the perspective of the sociology of health, Maturo and Moretti explore the nature and implications of computer applications with which people can improve and maintain their health through games and competition. Giving equal space to techno-enthusiasts who emphasize the health benefits of digital health, and critical thinkers who point out how digital health can lead to social exclusion, they argue that both are right. Their topics include self-tracking and the quantification of everyday life, how apps foster medicalization, the dark side of digital health, and exercise is (also) medicine.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Self-Tracking and the Quantification of Everyday Life Chapter 2. Getting Things Done: Gaming and Framing Chapter 3. How Apps Foster MedicalizationChapter 4. The Self of the Quantified Self Chapter 5. The Dark Side of Digital Health Chapter 6. The Positive Medicalization: Digital Meditation Chapter 7. Exercise is (also) Medicine Conclusion