In the ever expanding health and diet market, even technology plays a role. We've seen online "diets" with eDiets, allowing people to track progress, take part in support fora, and even communicate with diet coaches. Now, you can make dieting even more mobile, on your cellular phone.
Sprint has launched MyFoodPhone, which is a sort of food journaling application. It allows consumers to take photos of food they eat and send it back to a nutritional advisor, who will analyze it and then send feedback to the consumer on a biweekly basis. The service also allows users to log into a web-based application via their phone to track their weight, level of exercise and calories burned. The advisors are trained as MyFoodPhone Nutrition Advisors. The service costs $9.99 a month.
I am all for "advances" in technology, and in my own preparation for swimsuit season, am interested in effective ways to slim down and shape up. However, I am not quite sure how I feel about this.
How about you send the pictures to me, and I'll send you a text message right back. "Don't eat it. Eat an apple instead, Chubby." I think that would be much more effective.














