Think your smartphone is just for texting, social networking, emailing, surfing and playing angry birds? It’s NOT. It’s actually a supercomputer with the power to help you change your behavior and become fitter, happier and healthier. In a short time we are going to tell you how your smartphone is your new doctor.
There are some attributes why smartphone is new doctor. Let’s focus on those unique attributes of smartphone:
- Smartphone is personal and immediate. It is always on and available at the decision point.
- It is context aware and capable of identifying the location, social context and activity of the user.
- It can act as sensor, so can collect the relevant data when the event occurs.
- It can deliver the right message to the right place and at right time.
I have listed below, 15 ways how your smartphone can make your life healthier:
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Psycho-therapeutic approach to help patients. Understanding the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors.
- Monitoring: Ongoing, systematic measurement of behavior.
- Self – Monitoring: User collects review and acts on information on their own.
- Reminders: alerts or notifications.
- Social Networks: social sharing and feedback of progress, achievements and goals.
- Documenting: self-logging to activities.
- Feedback: critique and/or recommendation on how to improve.
- Bio Feedback: direct measurement of physiological or biological indicators.
- Information/dashboards: the visual presentation of data progress.
- Game theory: the use of competition or game mechanics.
- Behavioral Economics: incentives and rewards based on cognitive psychology.
- Behavioral Science: through observing and facilitating human interactions.
- Motivational/ Inspirational Messages: Presenting content to elicit an emotional response.
- Subliminal Messaging:the use of hidden words or images.
When android became popular and play store came into existence, people were downloading only utility and game apps. But now trend is changing. People are focusing on Health apps too.
The mobile health apps popularity is rising. Check here which the most downloaded categories in health related apps are
Most people in the world don’t believe in health related apps. They call these apps fake and they cannot receive accurate data. So for those category people, I found something. Check out below.
I have listed some things which you can use for utilising health and fitness apps:
And last but not the least. Below I have mentioned top 5 apps for android users and apple users:
Conclusion:
I hope we have been effective in letting you know the advantages of mhealth apps. So start using mhealth apps and stay fit.
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