TY - JOUR T1 - Make a ‘Pact’ with good health, you cannot afford not to! JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1417 LP - 1417 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094731 VL - 49 IS - 21 AU - Steffan Griffin Y1 - 2015/11/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/21/1417.abstract N2 - Health and Fitness.Requires iOS 6.0 or more recent on Apple products. Requires Android 2.3 (‘Gingerbread’) or more recent on other products.Free for the app. Variable financial incentives for fulfilling individual pacts while financial penalty (user determinable) applies for not completing pacts.Tools that demonstrate the amount of steps taken,1 distance covered and even caloric expenditure are now ubiquitous, but can apps promote positive health behaviours? Or is it too easy to ignore the figures and find an excuse?2‘Pact’ is an app that does exactly what it says on the tin—it lets you make a pact with yourself to exercise or diet, and then rewards you financially for fulfilling … ER -