Self-tracking: six ways to manage your health and wellbeing – in pictures

By recording and logging data about their lifestyles, 'self-trackers' aim to better understand problems ranging from snoring to depression
  
  


Body of Evidence: Alcohol app
Keep tabs on drinking
This app allows you to track the amount of alcohol you consume and how it affects you. It converts drinks consumed into units, blood alcohol level and calorific content. You can then record your happiness and energy levels. Free; boozerlyzer.net
Photograph: Pete Guest
Body of Evidence: An app that can track happiness over time
Observe your mood
An app that can track happiness over time. Daily prompts ask you to input how you are feeling, who you are with and what you are doing. The graphs this data generates allow you to see, for example, which day of the week you’re happiest. Free; mappiness.org.uk
Photograph: Pete Guest
Body of Evidence: The Zeo plastic headband
Monitor your sleep
The Zeo plastic headband uses brain activity to grade the quality of your sleep – distinguishing between rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, deep sleep and light sleep – and sends the readings wirelessly to an iPhone or iPad. £89; myzeo.com
Photograph: Pete Guest
Body of Evidence: asthma inhalor
Manage asthma
When paired with a phone, this gadget turns an asthma inhaler into a GPS- and Wi-Fi enabled device. Users can then track the time, location and frequency of asthma symptoms, allowing doctors to look for patterns. Price TBC; asthmapolis.com
Photograph: Pete Guest
Body of Evidence: iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter
Track your glucose
The iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter is aimed at the 2.9 million people in the UK who have diabetes, particularly those with Type-1, who need to keep a keen eye on their blood-sugar levels. It connects to all Apple devices. £48, bgstar.com
Photograph: Pete Guest
Body of Evidence: thumb-sized pedometer
Record your movements
FitBit, a thumb-sized pedometer that keeps track of how many steps you take in a day, how many calories you burn and how many hours you sleep, has become a stalwart for self-trackers. Alternatives include the Nike+ FuelBand. £80; fitbit.com
Photograph: Pete Guest
 

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