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Connected Health

Calorie-conscious consumers improve health via social networks

Implications -  Along with a variety of fitness tools and apps already available in the marketplace, health networks and apps are popping up to provide calorie-counting individuals with even more motivation to stay healthy. Just as working out with a friend can be more effective in helping an individual achieve his fitness goals, being able to connect with friends—and strangers—on diet and health strategies can help health- and weight-conscious consumers stay on track.
Trend Themes
1. Social Health Networks - The rise of social health networks and apps to provide consumers with an even more engaging and effective platform to achieve their healthcare goals.
2. Virtual Education - The growth of virtual education technologies and apps offering greater knowledge and access to the wider user base to make healthier and sustainable food choices.
3. Gamification - The adoption of gamification techniques into health and wellness apps that encourage healthy behaviors and skills acquisition among its users for long-term positive outcomes.
Industry Implications
1. Healthtech Industry - Companies in the healthtech industry can integrate social networks and gamification into their product offerings to enhance user experience and promote healthy behaviors.
2. Food Industry - Food companies can incorporate virtual education technologies to create healthier food products, raise awareness on dietary choices and promote sustainable food practices.
3. Marketing Industry - Marketing companies can leverage social health networks, virtual education and gamification technologies to promote healthier lifestyles and create sustainable branding campaigns.
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6 Featured, 53 Examples:
537,004 Total Clicks
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Featured Examples

Calorie-Counting Cameras
Calorie-Counting Cameras
The Meal Snap App is Your Personal Picture-Taking Diet Coach
I don't personally believe that calorie counting is the best way to achieve healthy eating habits, however, if that's your approach, the Meal Snap app can make the job a whole lot easier. Available through… MORE
Fast Food Figures
Fast Food Figures
The Lab American Dudes and Fast Food Infographic is Frightening and Enlightening
Fast food is a huge part of the Western lifestyle and The American Dudes and Fast Food Infographic shows exactly how significant this industry is to the male livelihood. It outlines that McDonald’s is… MORE
Healthy Online Communities
Healthy Online Communities
The Active Life Campaign Advocates Meeting on the Web & Playing Outside
The Active Life ad campaign is addressing two huge epidemics of modern society in many Western worlds: social media and obesity. It is an organization that utilizes online communities to spur healthy activities… MORE
Educational Food Apps
Educational Food Apps
The Fooducate App is a Downloadable Nutritionist
The Fooducate app is the ideal app for everyone who made eating healthier one of their resolutions for the new year. The Fooducate app is an iPhone app that offers up a letter grade and insider information… MORE
Healthy Eating Networks
Healthy Eating Networks
Foodzy Uses Social Media to Award Badges for Dining Healthy
Although there are many new fads of the moment, two of them stick out the most (perhaps because they are directly linked with society's current lifestyle) and that happens to be health and social media;… MORE
Healthy Diet Apps
Healthy Diet Apps
Weight Watchers Kitchen Companion is Your Digital Sidekick to Eating Healthy
Arriving just in time for New Year's resolutions, the Weight Watchers Kitchen Companion iPad App will help you diet after the festive binges this holiday season. This interactive, health-conscious app… MORE

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