Health Tracking: Why Health and Fitness Monitoring is So Vital
Every week at The Clubhouse, we pose a question on our big conversation board about what’s been on the radar for our members lately. This is designed to not only spark conversations and encourage collaboration, but to also allow us to better know our community members in a fun and unique way. Last week, we were curious about how our members monitor their health and fitness.
In the past, we have spoken a lot about health and technology. Whether it was focusing on innovations in the wellness industry, the brain on meditation, or technology and hiking, it’s evident that these are two popular topics of interest. And for good reason – as health consciousness has grown over the years, it seems to be having people wanting to eat healthier and take better care of themselves.
Health monitoring, which is the use of devices, apps, or software that collects and analyzes healthcare data, can be a vital proponent to your everyday health regimen. From tracking your heart rate to measuring how many calories you’ve burned, monitoring your health and fitness has many positive benefits – and is now easier than ever.
From our conversations at The Clubhouse, we uncovered that our community members use the Apple Health app on their iPhones, as well as other apps, such as My Fitness Pal.
With our phones and smart watches ever-evolving, they have become pretty common devices when it comes to health tracking. These devices have a better idea of what’s going on in our bodies, as they can monitor heart rates and detect respiratory issues, stress, and even sleep problems.
It also seems that workout and sleep tracking is the future of health, as Apple promoted it in their recent Apple Watch campaign to push their workout, sleep, and electrocardiography (ECG) apps. However, Apple isn’t the only company working to make their watches as tech-savvy and helpful as possible. Samsung recently launched an ECG support to the Galaxy Watch devices.
In general, the use of smart devices, like watches, and health tracking apps have seen substantial growth. From 2019 to 2020, the amount of fitness and health app users grew from 68.7 percent to 89.4 percent. And with health risks like obesity, which has grown 26 percent in U.S. adults since 2008, it’s important we all take our health seriously.
DID YOU KNOW?
There is a new wearable health monitor that can detect blood pressure and diabetes, it can also detect the levels of caffeine and alcohol in your system.
What health monitoring devices do you use? Let us know in the comments below.