Australians turning to fitness websites as winter sports recommence

Australians are flocking to sporting news websites and downloading fitness apps as the weather gets colder and Southern hemisphere sport heats up.

This is according to the latest Ipsos iris data, which found that almost 18.3 million Australians engaged with health websites and apps in March, with average usage time up 11.4% from the previous month.

Overall use of health websites and apps rose 1.7%, to almost 18.3 million Australians, with time spent on health news up 28.4%.