By Lifestyle Staff
ADELAIDE, Australia — A new study reports that health app users get more exercise, sleep better and eat healthier. A University of South Australia research team, led by Dr. Ben Singh, compiled data from 206,873 people across 47 studies. Their meta-meta-analysis found that digital health tools — like smartphone mobile apps, websites, and text messages — can significantly improve health and well-being.
Specifically, the researchers reported that electronic and mobile health interventions can help people achieve:
- 1,329 more steps/day
- 55 minutes more moderate-to-vigorous exercise/week
- 45 minutes more overall physical activity/week
- 7 hours less sedentary behavior/week
- 103 fewer calories consumed/day
- 20% more fruits and vegetables consumed/day
- 5 grams less saturated fat consumed/day
- 9 kilograms of weight loss over 12 weeks
- Improved sleep quality
- Less severe insomnia.
“Our study found that digital and mobile health interventions can have a positive effect on people’s health and wellbeing, not only helping them to increase their physical activity and reduce sedentary …