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State employees who earn "green days" on Sharecare's platform can earn up to $225 per year in Walmart gift cards.

Recently granted patents show a shopping cart that monitors your heart rate, Alexa listening for coughs.

Kyra Bobinet, MD, founder the neuroscience-based design firm EngagedIN, is working with AI algorithms in Walmart’s Fresh Tri app to build a brain taxonomy to identify behavior to help individuals understand what motivation changes their food habits.

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Fresh Tri is designed to offer practical behavior suggestions and keep users engaged in spite of setbacks.

David Hoke, senior director of associate health and wellbeing at Walmart, explains how the store and its new Fresh Tri app will engage consumers with chronic health conditions to address an important health issue — their diet.

David Hoke, who focuses on healthcare for the retail giant, said he's never seen anyone code empathy.