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Health agencies around the world are documenting a growing obesity crisis with the world's population becoming more and more overweight. There have been a number of attempts to tackle the growing obesity problem using smart devices such as walking apps on GPS enabled devices and wearable devices. Such suggested solutions, however, require enough internal motivation on the part of the overweight person...
Increases in the numbers of obese and overweight children are a major issue in post-industrial societies because obesity can lead to severe health-related problems. In addition, many challenges affect the quantity and quality of physical education (PE) provided by schools. Exergames that combine exercise with gaming have been recognized as a possible method for motivating children to become physically...
We proposed an extensible mobile augmented reality exergame platform which utilizes augmented reality and sensors to connect virtual game content to the real world. We analyzed the current state of augmented reality and exergaming research before describing the Calory Battle AR concept along with its technical details. Extensibility of the platform is threefold: 1) players can create and share game...
Human activity monitoring, through the use of body-wearable sensors, allows for many exciting possibilities, from gaming, to exercise, to preventative health care, where childhood obesity is a growing epidemic. The rapidly increasing nature of this trend requires serious thought at targeting its causes and finding solutions. One major influence is video gaming and the hours of sedentary behavior associated...
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...
Obesity is the final consequence of a chronic positive energy balance in adipocytes,and it is a major risk factor for insulin resistance,type 2 diabetes mellitus,and many other lifestyle-related diseases.Adipose tissue can sense the energy status and signals other organs with adipokines.Insulin resistance is closely associated with inflammatory adipokines and oxidative stress in adipose tissue. However,...
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