Iphone 5s Data Consumption... is it Facebook...is it using cell data when on wifi?

I recently purchased a new I-phone 5s for my wife. Since receiving the phone our data usage has gone up exponentially. We used to have a 2GB plan and never went over, this month we've already gone over our new 4GB limit and still have 9 days left on the cycle. So obviously I've been trying to figure out what is causing this new and dramatic upswing in data usage. Our phone habits have not changed, she had an android smart phone before and used it just as much as the new I-phone. Here's my top 2 suspects.
1. Facebook - Under settings -> Cellular at the very bottom is a list of apps that you can grant or deny permission to use cellular data. Under each app is the amount of cellular data that has been used by that app. As you can see in this picture Facebook has used 4.9 GB, an insanely high amount. I just read an article on the web that describes a feature of the Facebook app which preloads video so that they play more smoothly... every single video you come across whether you watch it or not is being downloaded. There is a way to turn this off. Under Settings find the Facebook app, open it and click Settings again. Turn "Auto-play" to wi-fi only or just turn it off.
2. Cellular Data being used even when phone is connected to Wi-fi -
Google it and you will find dozens of articles. This is not speculation. Apple has recognized it and calls it a glitch. Verizon has apparently stated that customers affected by this glitch will not be billed for excess data consumption. This was reported as far back as 2012 and Apple apparently put out a fix. I can't say for certain my wife's phone has been using cell data while on wi-fi, but I suspect it may be. My wife is home most of the time, she's a Nursing student, recently graduated, and so is usually at home studying and should be on the wi-fi network. Yet her phone consumes 6 to 10 times more data than mine and I'm out of the house most of the time. If this is true I haven't found a fix for it. If anyone has I'd like to hear about it.

It looks like it 4.9 GB on the cellular data. Turn it off in the same screen of which you posted to prevent further data usage.

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