Health apps might succeed where self-help fails

Cleveland, Ohio - Despite efforts by both government and the medical profession, not to mention countless New Years' resolutions, people still smoke, consume unhealthy food, become overweight, and fail to exercise. However, with digital self-empowerment moving into its next chapter, that could all change. There is reason to believe that the new digital health apps being developed by consumer technology giants like Apple, Samsung, and Google – self-monitoring devices such as the Apple Watch, Simband, and Google Fit – may be able to change behaviors that four-plus decades of diet books, yoga videos and self-help seminars – not to mention anemic marketing campaigns – have largely failed to achieve.

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