Use the Health app on your iPhone or iPod touch

The Health app gathers health data from your iPhone, Apple Watch and apps you already use, so you can view all of your progress in one convenient place.

Health app icon

Health automatically counts your steps, walking and running distances. And, if you have an Apple Watch, it automatically tracks your Activity data. You can also enter information into a Health category or get data from any of your favourite apps or devices that are compatible with Health.

Set up your Health Profile

  1. Open the Health app and tap the Summary tab.
  2. Tap your profile picture  in the top right-hand corner.
  3. Tap Health Details, then tap Edit.
  4. Add your information, such as height, weight and age.
  5. Tap Done.
  6. You can also set up your Medical ID or register to be an organ donor from your profile.

Your Apple Watch uses your personal information to calculate how many calories you burn and more. You can choose to share this information with other apps, and it's kept up to date across all of your devices.

With iOS 14, after setting up your Health Profile, you can review your Health Checklist initially from the Summary tab. The Health Checklist lets you see and enable available health features. You can also tap your profile picture in the top right-hand corner, then tap Health Checklist to access it.

Choose your favourite categories to track

  1. Open the Health app and tap the Summary tab.
  2. Tap Edit in the top right-hand corner.
  3. To add or remove a category from your favourites, tap it. Categories with a blue starappear in your favourites.
  4. When you've finished, tap Done.

Your favourites show how you're doing in each health category that day, such as Mindful Minutes or Steps. To see more information about a category, tap it.

Add information about your health

  1. Open the Health app and tap the Browse tab.
  2. Tap a category, such as Activity.
  3. Tap a subcategory, such as Steps.
  4. Tap Add Data in the top right-hand corner.
  5. Enter the date, time and data for that activity.
  6. When you've finished, tap Add.

Choose which apps share information with Health

  1. Open the Health app and tap the Summary tab.
  2. Tap your profile picture in the top right-hand corner.
  3. Under Privacy, tap Apps. You can see apps that you already own that are compatible with Health. If you can't see an app, it may not be compatible.
  4. Tap an app and turn on the health categories you want that app to track.

If you're using multiple apps to track different things, the Health app can keep it all in one place. Manage the data that's added to Health app.

Apple Watch apps can also read and write Health data. You can manage them directly on your Apple Watch: go to Settings > Health > Apps.

Know how your health changes over time

  1. Open the Health app and tap the Summary tab.
  2. Scroll down to Highlights. Highlights show your Health over time, so you can see how you're doing overall.
  3. Tap a highlight to see more about that category or tap Show All Highlights at the bottom of the list.

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