Mia Health

About Mia Health

Get to know your body and take control of your lifestyle with Mia Health.
Mia Health makes good health easy by giving unique personalized insight and research-based lifestyle advice. Starting with an inspiring physical activity score, we are expanding to other health pillars, such as sleep, nutrition, and mental health in the future.

How does it work?
1. Register your activity by pairing your wearable or inputting your data manually in the Mia Health app.
2. Get continuous insight into your health status.
3. Take action to maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle.

Lack of physical activity, inadequate sleep, and an unhealthy diet becomes a habit, leading to an imbalanced lifestyle and a reduced quality of life. The causes leading to unhealthy choices vary, and motivation to change is complex. So whether you are trying to get more active, understand your body better, or simply be part of a bigger community inspiring healthy habits, we got you covered. Mia Health is here to guide you through advice tailored to your individual needs and personal health profile.

What can Mia Health do for you?

1.UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR YOU
The Mia Health App uses PAI to measure your activity. PAI is short for Personal Activity Intelligence, made by researchers at the Nobel Prize winning Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The PAI algorithm is based on your heart rate and gives you a number that tells you how active you need to be during a week to have a greater chance of living a longer and healthier life. You earn PAI every time your heart rate increases, no matter which type of physical activity you choose to do. Almost one million individuals from all over the world have contributed to the PAI research, showing that those who stay at or above 100 PAI have lower risk of lifestyle diseases such as a heart attack, dementia and obesity.

GET A HEALTH STATUS BASED ON YOUR CURRENT ACTIVITY LEVEL
The Mia Health app can give you the status of your physical fitness by estimating your VO₂ max and Fitness Age..

What is VO₂ max?
Your VO₂ max is one of the best indicators of your overall health. It refers to the maximum amount of oxygen your body can take up and use to produce energy during vigorous endurance exercise.

Every cell in your body needs oxygen to function. Unhealthy lungs, a weak heart, stiff blood vessels, and ineffective muscle cells will all limit oxygen transport from air to muscle. Thus, your VO₂ max reflects the health of several body organs and tissues.
Mia Health estimates VO₂ max with NTNU's validated Fitness Calculator and uses artificial intelligence and PAI score to update your VO₂ max over time.

What is fitness age?
Your Fitness Age is calculated from your VO₂ max to let you know how old your body is. The lower your fitness age, the better you are protected from developing lifestyle diseases such as heart attack, depression, dementia, and several types of cancer.
To stay healthy, everyone should aim for a Fitness Age at or below their biological age.

PLAN THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY YOU NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED HEALTH EFFECT
The Mia Health app helps you plan your activity in terms of duration and intensity. You can decide whether to increase your activity effort, go for a moderate routine instead, or choose to have a recovery day.