Track your nutrition and hydration with the Google Health app

The Google Health app provides smart goals based on clinical recommendations that you can adjust in your settings.

Calorie target

You can calculate your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) by adding your:

• Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
• Adjusted baseline activity
• Active calories tracked by your device

Macronutrients

• Protein: Baseline recommendations start between 1.2 to 1.4 grams per kilogram of body weight.
• Carbs and fats: The remaining daily calorie budget suggests a target of 20% to 35% fat and the remaining form carbohydrates.

Hydration

Important: These hydration recommendations are general guidelines. Ideal daily water intake can vary significantly and may need to be adjusted based on activity level, local weather, and climate, age, pregnancy or breastfeeding, and medical conditions. Always consult with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice.

The default goal is 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) for men and 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) for women.

Manually add food

1. Open the Google Health app  and tap the Health tab .
2. Under "Focus areas," tap Nutrition Add Food.
3. Search for your food.
   • You can choose from your frequently or recently logged items.
4. Enter the serving size and meal type.
5. Tap Save.

Scan food

1. Open the Google Health app  and tap the Health tab .
2. Under "Focus areas," tap Nutrition Add Food.
3. Tap Scan barcode .
4. Place your item's entire barcode in the scanning area.
   • If the item is in our database, review the summary.
5. Adjust the quantity.
6. Tap Save.

Use Conversational logging

1. Log data through a conversation with the Google Health Coach using text or voice. For example, you can say "I ate 1 banana" or "Add one glass of orange juice to my food log."
   • You can also do a quick log of the total number of calories or a specific macro you consumed on the go, such as protein or carbs.
2. Adjust the serving sizes if they’re incorrect.
3. Tap Save.

Use Photo logging

1. Take a photo of your meal to find suggested food entries based on what is contained in your photo.
2. Adjust the serving sizes if they’re incorrect.
3. Tap Save.

1. Open the Google Health app  and tap the Health tab .
2. Under "Focus areas," tap Nutrition Add Hydration.
3. Enter the amount you want to log.
4. Choose the date and time for your log.
5. Log your water consumption using predefined options such as a Glass, Bottle, or Large bottle.

   Tip: You can separately track caffeine and alcohol intake.

6. Tap Save.

Track your nutrition using third-party apps like MyFitnessPal or Cronometer. You can connect them to your Google Health account.

Connections

Sync your data using:

• Health Connect (Android)
• Apple Health (iOS)
• The web API

Priority

Generate a single accurate stream of data. The app prioritizes overlapping information in this order:

1. Manually logged information from the app
2. Health Connect or Apple Health
3. Web API

You have full control over your logged data to correct incorrect or duplicate entries.

Edit or delete individual logs

1. Tap into any logged food or water entry.
2. Edit the serving size or delete the log entirely.
   • For logs synced from third-party apps, you can delete individual entries or edit the meal type. For example, you can move a meal from "uncategorized" to "lunch."

Delete data in bulk

You can delete all your nutrition-related data at once. You can choose to delete data by a specific time range, by originating source, or a combination of both.

Delete data synced from third-party apps

The Google Health app doesn’t allow users to delete third party data directly from within the app. If you want to delete third party data, you can:

• Delete the data from the third party app itself.
• Delete the data from Health Connect (Android) or Apple Health (iOS).
• Use the privacy center to delete data by the originating source. For example, you can use the third party app and a specific time frame for the last 24 hours.

Understand your dietary habits and stay on track with your goals. Set up a calorie target and track your calorie intake. Personalize macronutrient ranges for fat, protein, and carbohydrates to give you more flexible options in managing your nutrition.

Understand calorie deficit

A calorie deficit is when you burn more calories than you consume in a day. When you set a weight-loss goal in the Google Health app, your daily calorie deficit target is determined by the level of intensity you chose according to your food logs.

Learn how you break down macronutrients

Your macronutrients can be broken down into percentages of carbohydrates, fat, and protein you consumed over the past week.

Some third-party apps may report the same meal through multiple connections. For example, a connected app may log what you’ve eaten directly to the Google Health app, then log it again through Health Connect. If you find the same meal listed multiple times in the Google Health app, review your connected sources to choose how you sync your data.

Step 1: Check which nutrition apps you’ve connected in Health Connect

1. Open the Google Health app .
2. At the top left, tap Connections .
3. Tap Partner apps Manage Health Connect.
4. Under "Settings," tap Manage data and access.
5. Under "Your health apps," note the nutrition apps that are connected.
6. Proceed to Step 2.

Step 2: Check for duplicate app connections in the Google Health app

1. Open the Google Health app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial
3. Tap Your data in Google Health.
4. Under "Connected apps and devices," tap Manage connected apps.
5. Check if any of the nutrition apps you noted are listed here. If so, proceed to the next step.
6. Stop a nutrition app from logging your food multiple times.
   • From the "Connect apps" page, tap the name of the app Disconnect. This will stop the app from logging food directly in the Google Health app, but still allow the app to log food through Health Connect.