2020
DOI: 10.3390/s20185060
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OBINTER: A Holistic Approach to Catalyse the Self-Management of Chronic Obesity

Abstract: Obesity is a preventable chronic condition that, in 2016, affected more than 1.9 billion people globally. Several factors have been identified that have a positive impact on long-term weight loss programs such as personalized recommendations, adherence strategies, weight and diet follow-up or physical activity tracking. Recently, various applications have been developed which help patients to self-manage their condition. These apps implement either one or some of these identified factors; however, there is not… Show more

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“…Dietician is involved when it is difficult to control diet and a nutritional balance. Useful solutions for children could be enabled through mobile apps and gaming [27] (organizational aspects are addressed mainly on the management of the mobile app data)…”
Section: Dieticianmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Dietician is involved when it is difficult to control diet and a nutritional balance. Useful solutions for children could be enabled through mobile apps and gaming [27] (organizational aspects are addressed mainly on the management of the mobile app data)…”
Section: Dieticianmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Meanwhile, technological advancements in wearable sensors help to monitor the treatment efficacy and help in the early detection of the risk of obesity and its comorbidities by measuring heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, and blood pressure [ 162 , 163 ]. Wearable devices are also very useful tools for self-management and physical activity tracking [ 164 ].…”
Section: Limitations and Future Perspectivesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We have conducted a formal usability test with a set of test subjects matching the target tool user profiles as has been done in the literature for similar platforms [ 25 , 26 ]. These individuals had no prior experience with the tool to avoid bias in their evaluation of COLAEVA.…”
Section: Usability Testmentioning
confidence: 99%