A new mobile ubiquitous computing application to control obesity: SapoFit.

The objective of this work was the proposal, design, construction and validation of a mobile health system for dietetic monitoring and assessment, called SapoFit. This application may be personalized to keep a daily personal health record of an individual's food intake and daily exercise and to shar...

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Publicado en:Informatics for Health & Social Care Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 37 - 54
Autores principales: Rodrigues JJ, Lopes IM, Silva BM, Torre Ide L
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2013
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Sumario:The objective of this work was the proposal, design, construction and validation of a mobile health system for dietetic monitoring and assessment, called SapoFit. This application may be personalized to keep a daily personal health record of an individual's food intake and daily exercise and to share this with a social network. The initiative is a partnership with SAPO - Portugal Telecom. SapoFit uses Web services architecture, a relatively new model for distributed computing and application integration. SapoFit runs on a range of mobile platforms, and it has been implemented successfully in a range of mobile devices and has been evaluated by over 100 users. Most users strongly agree that SapoFit has an attractive design, the environment is user-friendly and intuitive, and the navigation options are clear.