5 Mobile Apps for Healthcare
By siliconindia
Fremont: According to the new "Global Mobile Health Market Report 2010-2015" smartphone application will enable the mHealth Industry to successfully reach out to 500 million of a total 1.4 billion smartphone users in 2015. The reason to this is the busy schedule one holds; concern for health has become an important factor. Today, with several successful mobile apps in the field of games and entertainment, developers are trying to create solutions for the practical needs of users. They have come up with several apps related to exercise and healthcare. From calorie counters, fitness apps to kids' health information; these apps can be very useful in helping us take better care of our loved ones and ourselves.
Calorie & Diet Tracker
MyFitnessPal's Calorie & Diet Tracker is an app for calorie counter. With the largest food database of any calorie counter and amazingly fast food and exercise entry, the app helps you take those extra pounds off.
The app has largest food database of any iPhone calorie counter - over 1,000,000 foods, with a streamlined database available offline. It remembers your favorites, add multiple foods at once, save and add entire meals and more. Other features of the app includes free barcode scanner, fully syncs with the web, so you can log from your computer or phone. You can even add friends and easily track and support each other's progress. You can even enter your own recipes and calculate their nutritional contents. With over 350 exercises, the app tracks both cardio and strength training, inclusion sets, reps and weight.
The app makes reports by tracking your weight, measurements and more. You can view charts of your progress over time for motivation. It also provides a daily nutritional summary with all major nutrients.