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Health at your fingertips

 Can a CD-ROM replace your well-thumbed family medical encyclopaedia? We tested five health titles to see how they shape up...

Sharron Davies' Fit for Life
Europress, £19.99
tel: 01625 855000
System requirements: Windows 95, 98 or above

Key features
• Fitness and diet assessments
• Tailor-made exercise and diet regimes
• Lets you create your own personal record to track progress
• Uses 3D animated models to teach the anatomy and physiology of your body
• Documents more than 200 common diseases and treatments
• Travel health facts for more than 200 countries
• First aid advice

Endorsed by British Olympic silver medal swimmer Sharron Davies, this software explains the workings of the human body and teaches the essence of healthy living through balanced diet and exercise.

As the title suggests, the focus is largely on health and wellbeing. But the programme also details the symptoms and treatment for 200 common ailments and injuries, shows you what happens during routine hospital tests, and, uniquely, offers a handy Travel Doctor service, detailing the health hazards in more than 200 countries.

Subtitled 'your complete guide to healthy living', Fit for Life is attractively presented and fairly easy to navigate. The search tools are well set up (if you ignore the annoying sound effects), with a handy dictionary of diseases and medical terms, and an A-Z of ailments cross-referenced with the other sections of the programme.

Information is logically presented. A medical check helps pinpoint any diseases that may threaten your health, while interactive facilities allow you to assess your fitness and discover just how healthy your diet really is. From there you can use the programme to set goals and monitor your progress, an invaluable part of any fitness regime.

You'll find Sharron in the exercise section, where she appears in a series of videos, demonstrating some of the recommended routines. Unfortunately, though, her actions and the accompanying text don't always match up, an oversight that will annoy many who are looking for guidance on the correct way to exercise.

At £19.99, this CD is pricier than the other titles. If you're after a medical reference, you might be better off with one of the other applications, but this CD is worth the extra cash if your key concern is wellbeing and how to achieve it.

Fit! - 5/8