Belmont Health & Wealth is happy to introduce a new weekly feature, starting next week, called ‘Appy Friday! We will review a different health and/or fitness app, review functionality and also provide which platforms the app is available on. We will work hard to make app suggestions that are on multiple platforms to accommodate more cell phones. Do you have an app that you just LOVE and would like to see included on ‘Appy Friday? Shoot an email to hsalsman@gobelmont.ca and our app reviewers will be sure to take a look! So how many people are actually using their cell phones for health or exercise purposes? Below are a few stats!

• 34% of cell phone owners and 31% of tablet owners have used their device to look for health information
• 23% used mobile fitness apps
• 20% used nutrition or dieting apps
• 10% used symptom checkers or diagnostic tools
• Number of adults using Nutrition and Dieting apps has doubled since 2012
• 1/5 of smartphone owners have at least one health app on their phone
• Exercise, Diet and weight loss apps are the most popular types of apps

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