CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Clinic has an official wellness app, developed in collaboration with FitNow Inc., that features health/diet tips and a food and fitness tracker.

What You Need To Know

  • The Cleveland Clinic has an official wellness app that features health/diet tips and a food and fitness tracker

  • Like other wellness apps, the user can see individualized information after they answer a variety of questions about their current health and fitness habits and their goals

  • The difference is this app includes the input of health experts from Cleveland Clinic, which was recently ranked the second best hospital in the world for the sixth year in a row

  • While there is a 7-day free trial, full use of the app’s features will run you $179.99 a year or $49.99 a month

Like other wellness apps, the user can see individualized information after they answer a variety of questions about their current health and fitness habits and their goals. The difference is this app includes the input of health experts from Cleveland Clinic, which was recently ranked the second best hospital in the world for the sixth year in a row.

“We know that health is about far more than just weight. The goal of the Cleveland Clinic Diet app is to approach each individual’s health status and goals beyond the numbers on the scale.” said Julia Zumpano, a registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Human Nutrition, in a press release. “We aim to help individuals overcome barriers and support them in creating lasting improvements in their health. We take into account their individual needs and preferences to both look and, importantly, feel their best.” 

App users will also have access to courses from experts in various fields including heart health, weight management, mental health and more.

The food tracker invludes two plans, one focused on energy and vitality levels and the other focused on improving heart health.

The FitNow managing director and Chief Product Officer, Eric Puidokas, said they were happy to combine the experts at Cleveland Clinic with their own “behavior change program.”

“With this exceptional combination, users are guided every step of the way as they work toward their individual health goals,” Puidokas said in the release.

Zumpano said in the release that a one of the biggest wellness challenges people have is sustaining their goals. The app features a plan from various health experts that includes the following:

  • “Empathetic and easy-to-understand content from health and medical writers that meet users where they are in their health journeys 
  • A food search and recommendation engine containing billions of food entries
  • AI-powered speech-to-text recognition voice logging
  • Image logging via a proprietary machine-learning algorithm that detects individual food items from images of full meals
  • Rapid barcode scanning and recognition software”

The app is available on Apple’s App Store as well as the Google Play Store. While there is a seven-day free trial, full use of the app’s features will run you $179.99 a year or $49.99 a month.

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