RabbitQuest launches unique health app: NewU
September 24, 2020Building healthy habits is now easier thanks to the innovative idea of two students from the faculty of Human Movement Sciences. Gijs Limborgh and Bart Spangenberg have developed an app that helps to create healthy habits in a fun, easy, and effective way. NewU aims to improve many aspects in the everyday life such as nutrition, sleep, stress reduction, and can even help with quitting smoking. The NewU app focuses on habit-formation to stimulate (intrinsic) motivation. VU students and employees can use the app for free, sign up here!
For more information visit www.rabbitquest.com.
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