Everyone has heard the simple health edict: “Eat less, exercise more”. It sounds like a simple enough concept but people rarely follow this advice. This is because is because people are not too keen on changing their habits. This is where technology comes in; digital technologies are making it possible for people to live healthier lives and make better decisions.
These digital tools include web sites with personal information, smart phones and apps for logging in diet and exercise routines, pedometers, accelerometers and heart-rate monitors. These tools offer the users “self-awareness” and a way to turn action into change and to do it scientifically, rigorously, methodically. The constant feedback people get from such tools can offer an incentive to adopt healthier lifestyles. An example of a company that uses such digital tools would be Weight Watchers. There web site is designed to gather information from its users and give personal feedback or make it possible for social networking of its members, or with other healthcare professionals such as (doctors, nurses, dermatologists…).
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