MyFitnessPal and Withings prove that food and weight tracking works
The year-long study with over 37,000 users has shown that people lose 7 times more weight by combining food logging and weight tracking activities.
ShopWell secures $3.4M for its food-recommendation app
The new capital will be used to support the company's growth as consumers, retailers and food manufacturers respond to the increasing demand for healthy food.
Popular weight loss app Lose It! comes to the UK and Ireland
The localized version of the mobile application features nutritional information for thousands of British dishes and popular local food brands.
Nima can tell if the food is gluten-free within 2 minutes
The portable device with 3 disposable capsules will be up for pre-order for $179 starting Oct. 20, and after the first 5 days, the price will increase to $199.
Rise unveils CoachLine, a personal assistant for food-related advice
The service will let both existing Rise subscribers or any consumer via SMS connect with a team of human advisors to get food advice on the fly.
Noom teams-up with Kaiser Permanente and Mount Sinai over a mobile eating disorder treatment
The three parties will work together on a 12-week, 200-person trial of a new mobile health app for eating disorders called Noom Monitor.
MyChi is touted as the world’s first food therapy smart assistant
Rooted in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), by tracking a user's sleep patterns, the system offers dietary and holistic health lifestyle advice.
Smart vitamin and supplement dispenser Nourish launches on Indiegogo
The WiFi-enabled product works with a companion app to analyze fitness, nutrition, and sleep data and dispense a personalized blend of powdered nutrients.
Welltok adds Healthy Dining data to its CaféWell Concierge app
Using IBM Watson's cognitive computing technology, the application is able to deliver personalized dining recommendations.
Portable spectrometer SCiO shipping soon to Kickstarter backers
The portable device does its magic by relying on the power of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to scan physical materials for their molecular fingerprint.