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by Kaitlyn Hudson-O’Farrell
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Health and wellness apps are turning Australia into the world's most health conscious nation, according to new data.
Australia has become the top user of health apps around the globe, racking up the highest number of searches to help track weight and mental health in 2020, according to analysis of search data by comparison service USwitch.
Aussies searched for health apps to track weight, sleep, fitness, running, body and mental health over 100,000 times in the past five years, the highest search rate per capita globally.
It comes as app analytics ­revealed up to 75 per cent of ­mobile users downloaded health apps amid lockdown measures in 2020.

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