The Wellness Diary application has been developed to facilitate everyday management of personal well-being. The application is based on simple self-observation and feedback, proven effective by research, through which the user can monitor personal weight, eating habits, exercise, blood pressure or stress level, for example. This information can also be shared with third parties, such as a physician or a personal trainer.
In the last few years there have been several reports concerning weight increase, the lack of exercise and unhealthy diet among the populations of western countries. As a result, adult onset diabetes and other life-style related endemic diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent. These developments call for new, innovative solutions for promoting health and well-being. The mobile application announced today supports the user's active management of personal health, facilitating such issues as the monitoring of weight as a part of day-to-day living without the strenuous calculation of calories.
The Wellness Diary has been designed on the basis of a psychological model that has proven successful in weight control. The Wellness Diary is used via a mobile phone - a personal, trusted device that is always with the user and always connected. Compared to traditional Web-based applications, this creates a number of benefits, such as privacy, simplicity and speed of use in everyday situations.