Weight-loss by smartphone

Instead of going to the gym, some people are employing apps to help lose weight.

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30th June, 2012

"You’re one of those fit people who don’t come to us very often,” the nurse said to Steve Davies (not his real name) when he recently visited a medical centre for a flu vaccination. Davies, a 48-year-old accountant, appeared fit and healthy, but a quick check of his medical records uncovered a 2010 doctor’s recommendation that he lose weight and reduce his cholesterol levels. “So, what have you done about that?” asked the nurse. “Ah, nothing,” said Davies, who had actually stuck the doctor’s healthy eating pamphlets in a forgotten bottom drawer. “I think I’m okay – I ...

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