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This app allows not only tracking of food and calories, but fasting, food diary/notes, water intake, physical activity, and links to other health based apps.

For this reason it is reasonable to consider that a portion of MyFitnessPal users deal with day to day health challenges and stresses, examples being diabetes,<ref name="health-diabetes-hf">{{cite web |title=Patient Stories _ Diabetes |url=https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |website=Henry Ford Health |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251011035909/https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |archive-date=11 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref name="health-diabetes-medium">{{cite web |title=How Continuous Glucose Monitoring and MyFitnessPal Transformed My Type 2 Diabetes Remission Journey |url=https://medium.com/%40smudnaney/how-chat-gpt-and-continuous-glucose-monitoring-transformed-my-type-2-diabetes-remission-483d8b97d273 |website=Medium |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> PCOS,<ref name="health-pcos">{{cite web |title=Weight loss with PCOS |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10328717/weight-loss-with-pcos |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> insulin resistance,<ref name="health-pcos"/> hypothyroidism,<ref name="health-hypothyroidism">{{cite web |title=Hypothyroidism weight loss success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160601195705/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |archive-date=1 Jun 2016}}</ref> hypertension,<ref name="health-hypertension">{{cite web |title=Blood pressure success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160417180042/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |archive-date=17 Apr 2016}}</ref> cholesterol,<ref name="health-gerd-etc">{{cite web |title=Hunger Question |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> pre-diabetes,<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> and GERD<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> just to name a few.

For this reason it is reasonable to consider that a portion of MyFitnessPal users deal with day to day health challenges and stresses, examples being diabetes,<ref name="health-diabetes-hf">{{cite web |title=Patient Stories _ Diabetes |url=https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |website=Henry Ford Health |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251011035909/https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |archive-date=11 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref name="health-diabetes-medium">{{cite web |title=How Continuous Glucose Monitoring and MyFitnessPal Transformed My Type 2 Diabetes Remission Journey |url=https://medium.com/%40smudnaney/how-chat-gpt-and-continuous-glucose-monitoring-transformed-my-type-2-diabetes-remission-483d8b97d273 |website=Medium |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> PCOS,<ref name="health-pcos">{{cite web |title=Weight loss with PCOS |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10328717/weight-loss-with-pcos |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> insulin resistance,<ref name="health-pcos"/> hypothyroidism,<ref name="health-hypothyroidism">{{cite web |title=Hypothyroidism weight loss success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160601195705/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |archive-date=1 Jun 2016}}</ref> hypertension,<ref name="health-hypertension">{{cite web |title=Blood pressure success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160417180042/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |archive-date=17 Apr 2016}}</ref> cholesterol,<ref name="health-gerd-etc">{{cite web |title=Hunger Question |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119021745/https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref> pre-diabetes,<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> and GERD<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> just to name a few.

The purpose of this section is to illustarate the difference between this incident and something like the Sonos app incident. Both share the feature of sudden significant loss of consumer functionality - the difference here is that the Sonos situation is a matter of consumer enjoyment and preference, but the MyFitnessPal incident carries additional consumer responsibility due to it being an app/service marketed as supporting consumer health.

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 This app allows not only tracking of food and calories, but fasting, food diary/notes, water intake, physical activity, and links to other health based apps.
-For this reason it is reasonable to consider that a portion of MyFitnessPal users deal with day to day health challenges and stresses, examples being diabetes,<ref name="health-diabetes-hf">{{cite web |title=Patient Stories _ Diabetes |url=https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |website=Henry Ford Health |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251011035909/https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |archive-date=11 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref name="health-diabetes-medium">{{cite web |title=How Continuous Glucose Monitoring and MyFitnessPal Transformed My Type 2 Diabetes Remission Journey |url=https://medium.com/%40smudnaney/how-chat-gpt-and-continuous-glucose-monitoring-transformed-my-type-2-diabetes-remission-483d8b97d273 |website=Medium |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> PCOS,<ref name="health-pcos">{{cite web |title=Weight loss with PCOS |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10328717/weight-loss-with-pcos |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> insulin resistance,<ref name="health-pcos"/> hypothyroidism,<ref name="health-hypothyroidism">{{cite web |title=Hypothyroidism weight loss success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160601195705/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |archive-date=1 Jun 2016}}</ref> hypertension,<ref name="health-hypertension">{{cite web |title=Blood pressure success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160417180042/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |archive-date=17 Apr 2016}}</ref> cholesterol,<ref name="health-gerd-etc">{{cite web |title=Hunger Question |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> pre-diabetes,<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> and GERD<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> just to name a few.
+For this reason it is reasonable to consider that a portion of MyFitnessPal users deal with day to day health challenges and stresses, examples being diabetes,<ref name="health-diabetes-hf">{{cite web |title=Patient Stories _ Diabetes |url=https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |website=Henry Ford Health |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251011035909/https://www.henryford.com/services/diabetes/education/stories |archive-date=11 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref name="health-diabetes-medium">{{cite web |title=How Continuous Glucose Monitoring and MyFitnessPal Transformed My Type 2 Diabetes Remission Journey |url=https://medium.com/%40smudnaney/how-chat-gpt-and-continuous-glucose-monitoring-transformed-my-type-2-diabetes-remission-483d8b97d273 |website=Medium |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> PCOS,<ref name="health-pcos">{{cite web |title=Weight loss with PCOS |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10328717/weight-loss-with-pcos |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> insulin resistance,<ref name="health-pcos"/> hypothyroidism,<ref name="health-hypothyroidism">{{cite web |title=Hypothyroidism weight loss success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160601195705/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/10202011/hypothyroidism-weight-loss-success-stories |archive-date=1 Jun 2016}}</ref> hypertension,<ref name="health-hypertension">{{cite web |title=Blood pressure success stories |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160417180042/http://community.myfitnesspal.com:80/en/discussion/1272468/blood-pressure-success-stories |archive-date=17 Apr 2016}}</ref> cholesterol,<ref name="health-gerd-etc">{{cite web |title=Hunger Question |url=https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |website=MyFitnessPal Community |access-date=2025-11-05 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119021745/https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10743035/hunger-question |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref> pre-diabetes,<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> and GERD<ref name="health-gerd-etc"/> just to name a few.
 The purpose of this section is to illustarate the difference between this incident and something like the Sonos app incident. Both share the feature of sudden significant loss of consumer functionality - the difference here is that the Sonos situation is a matter of consumer enjoyment and preference, but the MyFitnessPal incident carries additional consumer responsibility due to it being an app/service marketed as supporting consumer health.