Japanese mobile phones recently have an extra application – count calories of food snapshots you take. According to Yahoo News, the software is developed by Japan's NTT Communications evaluates the colour and shapes of food, then compares it with a database and counts the calories. There are about 100,000 different sorts of food stored on the server. However where there are a several plates of food in a meal, an individual snapshot of each one is required.
For Japan being a health-conscious nation especially among girls, this is a big asset and valuable resource to their dieting. I remember my host mother counting how many calories I was allowed to take a day and made sure even the salad dressing for my salad had the lowest calorie possible.
The application also enables friends to share information about their calorie intake so that they might encourage one another or just compare their diets.
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