HELSINKI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A Finnish research group with participants from Technical Research Center of Finland and Nokia Research Center has developed a new personal health diary for the mobile phone, according to Technical Research Center of Finland on Monday.
The Wellness Diary application has been developed to facilitate everyday management of personal well-being. The application is based on simple self-observation and feedback, through which the user can monitor personal weight, eating habits, exercise, blood pressure or stress level.
The Wellness Diary has been designed on the basis of a psychological model that has proven successful in weight control. It is used via a mobile phone - a personal, trusted device that is always with the user and always connected. The application can be used on Nokia S60-based mobile devices, e.g. the Nokia 5500 Sport handset.
The Wellness Diary is a journal/calendar application that enables the monitoring of personal health and well-being data seamlessly with time management. A large application menu provides an extensive array of choices from which the user may select the items to be monitored according to personal improvement needs. The user then receives simple and motivating feedback in the form of graphics on the display of the phone.
In addition to weight control, the Wellness Diary can also be used in the long-term even lifetime management of practically any kind of long-term health risk or problem, such as diet, sleep, stress or blood pressure disorder.
