App research

couch potato sitting tracker 

Couch Potato app is the world’s first sit-tracker, a one of a kind app that measures and celebrates your inactivity. The more you sit, the more your couch potato will grow. Once the app is downloaded, all you have to do is relax. The tracker will monitor how much time you don’t move. At the end of each day, you’ll get a couch potato score. The longer you sit, the better you do. All you have to do is download the app, authorize movement tracking, and lounge around all day. The more you couch, the more levels you advance. Unlock and redeem rewards along the way.

Active 10 - One you (PHE)

As part of the push to get adults doing more moderate intensity physical activity each day, health experts are encouraging people to increase the intensity of their walking, rather than just focus on the distance or number of steps.

Moderate intensity physical activity means getting the heart rate up and breathing faster. Just 10 minutes of brisk walking a day is an easy way for adults to introduce more moderate intensity physical activity into their day and reduce their risk of early death by up to 15%.

To help adults do this, PHE’s ‘Active 10’ app has been created and it is the only app of its kind that combines intensity and time, rather than just distance.

Couch to 5k- One you (PHE)

 

Couch to 5K is a running plan for absolute beginners. It was developed by a new runner, Josh Clark, who wanted to help his 50-something mum get off the couch and start running, too. 

The plan involves 3 runs a week, with a day of rest in between, and a different schedule for each of the 9 weeks.

Probably the biggest challenge a new runner faces is not knowing how or where to start. 

Often when trying to get into exercise, we can overdo it, feel defeated and give up when we're just getting started. 

Couch to 5K works because it starts with a mix of running and walking to gradually build up your fitness and stamina. 

Week 1 involves running for just a minute at a time, creating realistic expectations and making the challenge feel achievable right from the start.

Change4life smart recipe app

The Change4Life Smart Recipes app is a great, free way of helping everybody eat tasty, healthier meals. 

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to cook or have new meal ideas. And remembering ingredients and keeping track of calories can be a hassle. Don’t worry – the meal mixer takes care of it!
Download the app today and use it to:

-Search over 100 easy, calorie counted recipes for breakfast, lunch, evening meals, puddings and snacks
-Find delicious meal ideas if you’re short of inspiration – just use the meal mixer
-Keep track with the handy shopping list, which organises the ingredients you need by supermarket aisle
-Email recipes and shopping lists 
-Share with friends via Facebook and Twitter
-Learn more about being food smart and making healthier choices

Change4life food scanner 

Its new Change4Life advertising campaign, which includes the sugar app, suggests that on average children aged four to ten years old are consuming 22kg of added sugar a year which equates to about 5,500 sugar cubes - more than the weight of an average five-year-old child.

The app has been developed to raise awareness of how much sugar is contained in everyday food and drink and works on more than 75,000 products. This app will act as a quick guide to help parents to assess potential purchases that may harm their children's health.

Candy crush

The app candy crush was looked at due to the idea of having a challenge after the questions asked, looking at the design of levels and challenges.