On average one out of every five adults in in the developed world uses some kind of technology to track data concerning their health. The most popular applications, used in this field, are connected with exercises, steps counter and tracking of the heart rhythm.

"The fact that mobile health technologies haven't been fully studied doesn't mean that they are not effective. Self-monitoring is one of the core strategies for changing cardiovascular health behaviors. If a mobile health technology, such as a smartphone app for self-monitoring diet, weight or physical activity, is helping you improve your behavior, then stick with it," said Lora E. Burke, Ph.D., M.P.H., lead author of the statement and professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh.

There are some key statements from the recent researches below:

Weight management – People who use mobile technology, helping weight loss, in their lifestyle are more successful and lose weight quicker compared to people who try to lose weight on their own. When you consider a weight loss program, health specialist should be looking for such which emphasize on food intake, physical activity, self-control or regular record of food intake and physical activity in paper or digital journal, personal feedbacks and social support, things that My Body Creator offers to its users in an extremely efficient and optimized way.

Physical activity - Most of the surveys show that the use of online program increases physical activity, however, there are not enough surveys to prove whether the physical mobile devices for tracking of physical activity (such as watches and wrists) are actually helpful.

References:

Lora E. Burke, Jun Ma, Kristen M.J. Azar, Gary G. Bennett, Eric D. Peterson, Yaguang Zheng, William Riley, Janna Stephens, Svati H. Shah, Brian Suffoletto, Tanya N. Turan, Bonnie Spring, Julia Steinberger, Charlene C. Quinn. Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Circulation, 2015; CIR.0000000000000232 DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000232