17% of Americans Use Cell Phones to Find Health Information

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News About 17% of Americans said they turned to cell phone applications to find health information. The preference for mobile health information was highest among people ages 18 to 29; within this age group, 29% said they used their cell phones for this purpose. Beyond serving as an information source, nine percent of cell phone owners have mobile health applications that help them track or manage their health, provide nutrition information, track calorie intake, or calculate body mass index. These were the findings of a report, titled “Mobile Health 2010,” by Susanna . . .