Pre-reading questions:
- What is your most preferred form of exercise?
- How do you monitor your food intake?
Sony’s Lifelog fitness tracking app has been updated with additional features. The app can now evaluate your food based on a photo you take of it. It can give a thorough feedback of the food and also provide calorie count. The app is currently available for download via Google Play.
The app uses Sony Mobile’s Meal Image Analysis software. Based on the past charts recorded by the app, it will also offer nutritional suggestions according to your diet. The app can be used on smartphones and Sony’s SmartWatch 3. The certainity of the app’s food recognition software is still under observation.
Vocabulary:
updated – bring up to date; make better
additional – extra; added
evaluate – to examine or check
thorough – careful; complete
suggestions – tips or ideas
Comprehension Questions:
- What is the article about?
- What are the new features of the app?
- Where is the app currently available for download?
- What software does the app use?
- Is the certainty of the app’s food recognition software 100% reliable?
Express Your Opinion:
- Do you think eating nutritious food is enough to keep you healthy? Why or why not?
- Do you think fitness applications like Lifelog are helpful? Discuss.
- Why do you think more and more people these days are becoming more conscious of their health?
- Do you think the kind of food a person eats can affect his/her mood and personality? Discuss.
- How does your government promote healthy living?