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Nutrition, Health and Wellness. Some figures 170 million people worldwide with diabetes worldwide 300 million obese adults and at least 155 million school-age children are overweight or obese 2% US adults and 5% children suffer from food allergies
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Nutrition, Health and Wellness • Some figures • 170 million people worldwide with diabetes • worldwide 300 million obese adults and at least 155 million school-age children are overweight or obese • 2% US adults and 5% children suffer from food allergies • global “better for you” foods market almost $129 billion in 2004 • Mobile devices and wearable computers • Likely to become integrated part of the nutrition, health and wellness approach • Preventive medicine, self-help and activity tracking
Nutrition, Health and Wellness • Possible mobile applications • Monitoring blood pressure, glucose level, food intake • Tracking exercises, burned calories • Reminding patients to take their medicine, suggesting meals • Sending data to doctors or intelligent agents
Nutrition, Health and Wellness • Some examples • Dedicated devices measuring burned calories (Bodybugg, Nike+iPod) or keeping track of food and calories intake (CalorieScanner, Salter Nutrition Kitchen Scale, modified Aibo) • Hundreds of online tools and applications (FitDay, StartYourDiet, Calorie-Count) • Applications for PDAs (WeightWatchers On-The-Go with 25’000 item food database, Atkins 2Go) or mobile phones (MyFoodPhone, Nutracheck) • Mobile health monitoring (Lifewatcher, eMediate)