title: How to represent a value from an object as boolean
body: <p>The following object  is being returned from a SQL call:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#&lt;Health:0x007fc8533f2de8 @type=:diabetic, @value="N", @data_source=nil, @measured_at=nil&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The value could be 'Y' or 'N' and can be accessed as <code>health.value</code>.</p>
  
  <p>How do I represent this value as a boolean?</p>