Fitness Pal
We’ll start first by defining Metric Power according to David Beer, writer of the book Metrics Power “Metric Power is a complex and decentered form of power that can work in surprising ways by engineering realities that can then be re-crafted, manipulated, and redrawn”. Metric Power is based upon the creation and maintenance of limits and parameters, also upon what it renders visible and invisible (Beer, 2016).After defining the concept of metric power, we prefered to illustrate its definition by a free and downloadable fitness application on all devices( iPhone, Android, Google play,..).
Our health and Fitness application is under the tittle of “My Fitness Pal”, as noted in the application’s description whether you want to lose weight, tone up, get healthy, change your habits, or start a new diet MyFitnessPal has you covered.The My Fitness Pal macros app feature helps you analyze your eating patterns, then tells you what you are eating a lot of, and guides you on what you are missing in your diet. MFP( My Fitness Pal)advises you about what to cut down on, what you need to add to your diet, and gives you reasons why you should follow the advice.
My fitness pal application, collects information to operate their business and provide its users with innovative fitness and wellness solutions. It collects both Personal Data and Other Information. The “Personal Data” is information that can be used, directly or indirectly, with other information, to identify its users as an individual Athletes. This may include users precise Location Data and their Performance Data. On the other hand, “other Information” is anonymous, de-identified does not reveal user’s identity. Some examples include age, gender, browser and operating system, time spent using their application and webpages visited. It collects and use this information to understand how its users and their community as a whole use their Services and constantly tune, enhance and build products and services to reflect the needs of Athletes.
After considering the reviews included in the application’s rating we realized that 93% of users are satisfied ( rating from 3Inconsistent Updating: While MyFitnessPal allows people to scan the barcode of a food product to go into their digital diary (and record all nutritional information), sometimes the scanner will not find the product, and needs constant updating. Additionally, the program does not let members edit certain amounts of consumed food. For example, if you wanted to record you drank less than 8 oz. of wine, the program will not let you edit that.
Mobile Dependability: Yes, MyFitnessPal works on the go, but if there is no wireless signal, it is impossible to log on to even record anything in the app. In certain situations, people are not always in areas with wireless signals, and will not be able to record in the diary when they want to.
Health Drawback: Some may argue that just counting calories is not the best or healthiest way to lose weight and to maintain a healthy life. While basic science does say a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, there are other factors at play. In other words, the fewer calories you eat, the more weight you’ll lose. But there are several reasons why food choices should be based on other aspects — not just calories. Calorie counting seems to be the most straightforward and easiest way to reach weight loss and/or health goals, but different types of food effect the body in various ways. Some foods produce hormonal affects that store fat, release sugar, or build muscle. Two separate diets consisting of the same amount of calories, but with different variations of fat, protein, and carbs, may have a much different satiety affect. That’s why it’s important to focus on other parts of food, and not just the calories that come with it, in order to develop a proper eating plan.3
Under a more extreme light, calorie counting can sometimes be detrimental to a person’s mental health. In fact, it is a typical fixation for people with eating disorders, and can make people make increasingly unnecessarily restricted food choices.
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Source: Metric Power, David Beer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
