CoviHealth: Novel approach of a mobile application for nutrition and physical activity management for teenagers
Date Issued
2019-09-25
Author(s)
Vanessa Villasana, María
Miguel Pires, Ivan
Sá, Juliana
M Garcia, Nuno
Pombo, Nuno
Abstract
The increasing number of teenagers with obesity and sedentary
lifestyle is related to the poor habits of diet and physical activity.
There is a large diversity of mobile applications related to diet control and physical activity, mainly directed to adults and without any
medical control. CoviHealth project consists of the implementation
of a mobile application for young people to promote healthy dietary
habits and physical activity based on anthropometric parameters
control and gamification. The main contribution of this paper is a
detailed specification of an integrated mobile for promoting healthy
habits for young people. Additionally, it leverages the effects of the
gamification and medical control on stimulating education with
healthy habits. Even though other mobile applications have some
features that the proposed application has, to the best of our knowledge, a standardized specification for the integration of activity
recognition, healthy habits and food intake for teenagers lacks.
lifestyle is related to the poor habits of diet and physical activity.
There is a large diversity of mobile applications related to diet control and physical activity, mainly directed to adults and without any
medical control. CoviHealth project consists of the implementation
of a mobile application for young people to promote healthy dietary
habits and physical activity based on anthropometric parameters
control and gamification. The main contribution of this paper is a
detailed specification of an integrated mobile for promoting healthy
habits for young people. Additionally, it leverages the effects of the
gamification and medical control on stimulating education with
healthy habits. Even though other mobile applications have some
features that the proposed application has, to the best of our knowledge, a standardized specification for the integration of activity
recognition, healthy habits and food intake for teenagers lacks.
Subjects
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Loading...
Name
3342428.3342657.pdf
Size
573.44 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum
(MD5):bd56bbdf410be68de6614d272e9a4b94