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A Smartphone-based Obesity Risk Assessment Application Using Wearable Technology with Personalized Activity, Calorie Expenditure and Health Profile
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems. Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0135-2687
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1940-1747
2020 (English)In: European Journal of Biomedical Informatics, ISSN 1891-5603, Vol. 16, no 2, p. 1-10Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Objectives: There is a worldwide increase in the rate of obesity and its related long-term conditions, emphasizing an immediate need to address this modern-age global epidemic of healthy living. Moreover, healthcare spending on long-term or chronic care conditions such as obesity is increasing to the point that requires effective interventions and advancements to reduce the burden of healthcare. Methods: This research focuses on developing a mobile application for obesity risk assessment using wearable technology and proposing an individualized activity/dietary plan. From calculating the Body Mass Index, we established an individualized health profile and used the average data collected by a smart vest to offer the level of activity and health goals. Results: We developed an algorithm to assess the risk of obesity using the individual’s current activity and calorie expenditure. The algorithm was deployed on a smartphone application to collect data from the wearable vest and user-reported data. Based on the collected data, the proposed application assessed the risk of obesity/ overweight, measured the current activity level and recommended an optimized calorie plan. Conclusion: The proposed model can integrate data from multiple sources including sensors, wearable garment, medical devices and also the manually entered (user reported) data. The model (and its rule-based engine) will continuously self-learn and tune the model for better accuracy and reliability over-time.

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2020. Vol. 16, no 2, p. 1-10
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-52101DOI: 10.24105/ejbi.2020.16.2.5OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-52101DiVA, id: diva2:1498871
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Embedded Sensor Systems for Health PlusAvailable from: 2020-11-05 Created: 2020-11-05 Last updated: 2020-11-05Bibliographically approved

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