Posts tagged with "Disordered Eating"

Tracking Apps Lead to Unhealthy Relationships with Food

Technology has allowed people to gain unique information about their nutrition and fitness. Various tracking apps allow people to view the daily impact of their sleeping patterns, fitness levels and what they eat. Having such information readily available to view anytime is meant to help improve health and fitness. Although it can do such a thing, it also creates an obsession over eating habits and reaching certain weight goals. There is concern that health tracking apps are inciting an unhealthy relationship with food and weight amongst users. Tracking Apps Encourage Obsessive Behaviours Certain tracking apps require a weight input once a...