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Energy balance is one component of weight management, but passive objective measures of caloric intake are non-existent. Given the recent success of actigraphy as a passive objective measure of the physical activity construct that relieves participants of the burden of biased self-report, computer scientists and engineers are aiming to find a passive objective measure of caloric intake. Passive sensing...
Overweight and obesity pose a serious and increasing problem worldwide. Current treatment methods can result in weight loss in the short term but often fail in the longer term. Increasing motivation and thereby improving adherence can be a key factor in achieving the needed behavioral change. One approach is to address affective state (i.e. to promote positive emotions) by making people aware of their...
Introduction: Despite all the efforts to promote physical activity, there is a decline of its level from childhood to adolescence. To create attractive physical activity programs it is important to consider a new generation of video games: the active video games. The aim study protocol is to describe an experimental design trial protocol to verify if the use of active video games can increase physical...
This paper outlines my doctoral research to date as well as describing areas for future research. The aim of my PhD is to explore the potential role that information and communication technologies (ICT) may have in motivating behaviour change relating to lifestyle behaviours. In particular the focus of my research are behaviours associated with obesity amongst those considered to be at high risk (families...
The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of the biomechanics of sit-to-stand (STS) movement in normal and obese teenagers based on measurement data. First, ten volunteers were enrolled as normal group and the other ten volunteers were enrolled as obese group. A measurement system was set up with an infrared camera subsystem and a force measurement subsystem. Then, the participants...
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