In a Word document, prepare a 2-3 page (500-750 words) written response to the f
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In a Word document, prepare a 2-3 page (500-750 words) written response to the following items to submit to your professor:
Chapter 7, Fong et al. (2011) discusses various methods with which technology can assist personal health and exercise, including pedometers and GPS technology. There are also a wide variety of cell phone health apps that can assist in tracking distance run, heart rate, and caloric intake, among other health measures.
Conduct your own research to identify a health app available on cell phones.
Describe the purpose of the app. What benefits does it bring to the user? What are some potential disadvantages or risks of using this app?
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Explanation / Answer
Various Health apps that are phone fitness which covers the number of steps, distance covered by a run, amount of calorie intake in the diet, the total amount of calorie consumed etc. Some of the health apps also measure the heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar level and cholesterol level. Overall they are maintaining your physical health by comparing the physical activity, diet, and vital signs.
Around ten thousand health apps are available in the market. FitBit is a most used health app appropriate for both the Android and ios. It can be used without GPS. It has the possibility to transfer the data to various devices. Noom can be used with sensor and GPS. Argus is a pedometer app that maintains the hourly graph of all the activities. It calculates the sleeping time. Lifelog can be used as a wristband in which you can set your health goals.
Most of the people are using Health apps to maintain physical health. The physician also supports health apps and believes that are helpful in improving the health condition of the patient. Tracking of health status may reduce the number of the disease condition and frequent hospitalization. It also provides health news and health tips that benefit a lot.
Some of the disadvantages and risks of mobile apps are