For this assignment, you are to critically review 3 smartphone health and fitness-type applicaLons....

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For this assignment, you are to critically review 3 smartphone health and fitness-type applicaLons. Your review must include one nutrition/diet app, one physical acclivity app and one psychological wellness/preventaLve mental health app.Your report is to be structured as follows:
Section 1 (50 words per app):• Screenshot of the app. Home page .• Name of the app and its cost (you are not required to purchase expensive apps - youcan use free or ‘lite’ versions but please keep in mind that free or lite versions maynot provide the same level of detail as the fully paid version).• Whether it operates on iPhone, Android and/or other plaXorms.• Brief descripLon of the app’s purpose and philosophy.
Section 2 (450 words per app):• CriLcally evaluate the app’s usefulness and the quality of the informaLon presented by it in terms of whether it adheres to the current scienLfic recommendaLons and evidence. This may require you to use the app for a period of Lme to assess its usefulness.• In your response you should refer to the Australian Guide to Healthy EaLng, the Australian Physical AcLvity Guidelines for Adults, recommendaLons given by the World Health OrganisaLon, as well as other relevant scienLfic sources.• Include screenshots of the app whilst it is being used to help with your evaluaLon and explanaLon.• Briefly discuss how these apps may assist individuals in terms of behaviour change.Total word count = 1500 words (for three app reviews). The usual +/- 10% rule applies, anything over 10% will not be marked. Headings, sub-headings, capLons, in-text references and reference lists will not contribute to the word count.Presenta$on:• All assignments are to be typed and submiced electronically via the TurniLn link on the FSHN1030 Blackboard site.• Do not include a cover sheet.• This assessment is to be structured as a wricen report – not as an essay.• Sub-headings must be used to divide the secLons of your report.• All assignments must be fully referenced using the preferred referencing style (e.g.APA 7th, Harvard, Vancouver, etc) of the faculty in which you are enrolled.

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Section 1:
Nutritional Application:
The nutritional applications in modern day helps us to keep track of our fitness and diet and also tells us about the calorie count in the food that we eat in our daily lives. The name of the app is “Fat Secret Calorie counter”. This app can be used in android, iPhone and also in Facebook and Google login platforms. This app ca be downloaded and used free and also be bought for a price of around$6.5 per month to get the advanced features. 
Physical activity application:
This application is an important one as it helps us to know our physical conditions better while working out and tells us about the progress in due course of time in terms of fitness and stamina. The app also has the food plan function, which helps to set the daily calorie goal that fits the manual recording of activities for the particular day. The name of the application is “run keeper” which can be operated through android and iPhone platforms. The app is handy as it can be subscribed by paying a fee as well as the normal version which comes with basic features for free.
Psychological wellness application:
This application named “Clinical scales” is essential to track the mental health of an individual and is a must in the modern era of stress. This app is available for both android and iPhone platforms for free and is also available on subscription with the advanced features to get the in-depth analysis of the various parameter like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder syndrome, autism etc. This is a free clinical assessment app that acts as a handy pocket reference for a variety of different mental health disorders.
Section 2: Critical evaluation of the mentions applications.
Fat Secret Calorie Counter:
This app is useful as it helps us to count the calories that we need actually and also tells us if we violate that as per our eating habits daily. This app also helps to track the diet necessary for us as per our body weight and also as per our physical activities and workouts. This app comes with few handy accessories like the weight tracker, diet chart, barcode scanner and an in depth guide to track and find foods in the eateries around us along with their nutritional values and calorie count. It also comes with a widget if you need one as well as recipe ideas for making the same food at home. This help in proper monitoring of our diet and also tells us about the best diet for good health. Many follow the recipes mentioned in the app to make their own food at home for a certain duration to control their calorie count as suggested by the simultaneous workout regime each one follows.

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