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Ex-Google Employees Launch App to Make You Smarter About Health, Fitness

| December 16, 2014 Comment

Ex-Google Employees Launch App to Make You Smarter About Health, Fitness – A group of former Google employees bets they can boost the world’s medical knowledge with a mobile IQ test.

The app is called HiQ, a free app for the Apple iPhone and iPad launching on Monday. It includes 10,000 questions across 300 topics, such as food allergies, childhood health, and portion control. After taking the test, users are given a breakdown of their expertise across certain health areas.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Munjal Shah sold his prior company Like-dot-com to Google in 2010. He says studies show a strong correlation between health literacy and obesity.

The Hi.Q team believes that Silicon Valley jumped too quickly into developing wearable devices to track fitness and well-being. A recent study from research firm Endeavor Partners found that one-third of people who owned a wearable device stopped using it after six months.

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