A Deal to Download: Exciting New Wellness App

The Choose Healthier app compiles Austin’s wealth of health and fitness activities into a personalized guide for the busy individual or family.

By Jasmina Kuenzli

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The immense amount of health and fitness opportunities in Austin can be overwhelming, but now there’s a solution: Choose Healthier, a new app from It’s Time Texas that provides personalized, streamlined options for individuals and families in Central Texas.

The app creates a user-friendly compilation of all things healthy in Central Texas. More than 70,000 activities and healthy-eating resources from the local community of fitness, nutrition and wellness businesses are featured on Choose Healthier. By the end of the year, It’s Time Texas plans to have 100,000 activities and 1,000 businesses available through the app. The business also plans to expand Choose Healthier to other metropolitan areas in Texas.

Although Choose Healthier is accessible for both individuals and families, It’s Time Texas emphasizes the importance of the family-friendly options. The rising amount of childhood obesity (One-third of Austin’s children are obese.) spurred It’s Time Texas to partner with Dell Children’s Medical Center in order to encourage a healthy lifestyle for Austin’s children.

Choose Healthier recommends any healthy activity of the user’s choice, including free fitness classes, one of H-E-B’s cooking lessons or kayaking on Lake Austin. The app organizes activities according to age, price, location and fitness level.

But the app isn’t just a convenient way to organize fun activities in Austin. Once you create an account, you get the option to call a Choose Healthier coach, a professional who can be consulted about maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

With this app, users can get the advice and tools they need to get healthy and stay that way. It’s a great way to shake up a monotonous workout routine, find new healthy eateries in Austin and plan fun days with the family.

Choose Healthier is sure to maintain Austin’s healthy reputation and encourage an active lifestyle for families through the convenience of an app. Download this fun and convenient way to keep track of all of Austin’s fitness opportunities.

Photos courtesy of It’s Time Texas.