MyFitnessPal
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| Developer(s) | MyFitnessPal, Inc. |
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone |
| Type | Health informatics, Physical fitness |
| License | Freeware |
| Website |
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MyFitnessPal is a free smartphone app and website that tracks diet and exercise to determine optimal nutrients and caloric intake for the users' goals. In a Consumer Reports diet rating, MyFitnessPal was rated the best free program (with 83 points) in overall satisfaction, "maintenance, calorie awareness, and food variety".[1][2][3]
In February 2015, MyFitnessPal was purchased and acquired by athletic apparel maker, Under Armour, for $475 million. MyFitnessPal had 80 million users at the time.[4]
Tracking food
The user may enter the name of the food or scan the barcode to find the item in a large database of over 5 million foods or may select foods from a list of most frequently eaten foods.[5][6] Dietitian Michelle Eckhart says a bonus for dieters using such tools is that "numbers don’t lie, and I think when people can really see the reality — the numbers — it helps them to adjust their behaviors more quickly."[7] The same food item may contain several variation of the caloric count possibly depending on which country the food item was purchased.
Tracking exercise
MyFitnessPal has different exercises and sometimes the same exercise at different intensities or speeds. The user enters the number of minutes spent exercising and the calories spent is calculated. The calories spent on the exercise is added to the total number of calories that the user should eat per day. [8]
See also
- Google Fit
- MSN Health & Fitness
- Apple Health
References
- ↑ "'My Fitness Pal' tops list on Consumer Reports' new diet ratings". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ "Consumer Reports Rates Diet Plans: MyFitnessPal, A Free App And Website, More Satisfying Than Weight Watchers". Consumer Reports. 2 January 2013.
- ↑ Bates, Claire (7 January 2013). "Desperate to beat the bulge? Why a calorie-counting mobile app could be the recipe for success". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah (Feb 4, 2015). "Under Armour Snatches Up Health And Fitness Trackers Endomondo And MyFitnessPal". TechCrunch.
- ↑ Einstein, David (14 January 2013). "MyFitnessPal a good, healthy Android app". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Freeman, Kate. "MyFitnessPal Now Lets You Share Progress With Facebook Friends". Mashable. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Carter, Darla. "Winning ways to lose: Consumer Reports rates diets". Courier Journal. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Nieder, Kathy. "Self tracking fitness, review of popular MyFitnessPal app". iMedicalApps. Retrieved 4 December 2013.