LYMPO: EARTH SHAKING ECOSYSTEM OF WELLNESS AND SPORTS DATA
INTRODUCTION The Mobile Health and Sports Data: A Rather Sick Industry The mobile wellness and sports data industry is in desperate need of a figurative surgical and clinical attention. Why so? Well, in 2016 alone, the estimated total number of mobile health apps increased 57 per cent leading to a staggering 3.2 billion app store downloads. It is on record that 52 per cent of mobile phone users gather health-related information (on fitness, weight loss, exercise, women’s health, sleep, medication, etc) using their mobile phone, leading to a significant increase in the sports and wellness sector, an increase of 90 billion dollars from 2005 as against 46 billion dollars prior to 2005. The diagram representation below show in percentages what people are gathering. ...