OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies
Childhood obesity is becoming one of the 21st century's most important public health problems. Nowadays, the main treatment of childhood obesity is behavior intervention that aims at improve children's lifestyle to arrest the disease. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have...
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| author | Ruofei Hu Jorge Cancela Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer Gloria Cea Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou Dimitrios I. Fotiadis Giuseppe Fico |
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| description | Childhood obesity is becoming one of the 21st century's most important public health problems. Nowadays, the main treatment of childhood obesity is behavior intervention that aims at improve children's lifestyle to arrest the disease. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have not been widely employed in this intervention, and most of existing ICTs systems are not having a long-term effect. The purpose of this paper is to define a system to support family-based intervention through a state-of-the-art analysis of family-based interventions and related technological solutions first, and then using the analytic hierarchy process to derive a childhood obesity family-based behavior intervention model, and finally to provide a prototype of a system called OB CITY. The system makes use of applied behavior analysis, affective computing technologies, as well as serious game and gamification techniques, to offer long term services in all care dimensions of the family-based behavioral intervention aiming to provide positive effects to the treatment of childhood obesity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bccf4281463b402d829334d41414653e2022-12-21T19:55:19ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine2168-23722016-01-01411410.1109/JTEHM.2016.25267397407302OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication TechnologiesRuofei Hu0Jorge Cancela1Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer2Gloria Cea3Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou4Dimitrios I. Fotiadis5Giuseppe Fico6Life Supporting Technologies (LifeSTech), Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainLife Supporting Technologies (LifeSTech), Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainLife Supporting Technologies (LifeSTech), Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainLife Supporting Technologies (LifeSTech), Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainEndocrinology DepartmentP. & A. Kyriakou Unit, Children’s Hospital, Athens, GreeceUnit of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GreeceLife Supporting Technologies (LifeSTech), Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainChildhood obesity is becoming one of the 21st century's most important public health problems. Nowadays, the main treatment of childhood obesity is behavior intervention that aims at improve children's lifestyle to arrest the disease. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have not been widely employed in this intervention, and most of existing ICTs systems are not having a long-term effect. The purpose of this paper is to define a system to support family-based intervention through a state-of-the-art analysis of family-based interventions and related technological solutions first, and then using the analytic hierarchy process to derive a childhood obesity family-based behavior intervention model, and finally to provide a prototype of a system called OB CITY. The system makes use of applied behavior analysis, affective computing technologies, as well as serious game and gamification techniques, to offer long term services in all care dimensions of the family-based behavioral intervention aiming to provide positive effects to the treatment of childhood obesity.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7407302/childhood obesitybehavioral interventionfamily-based interventiongamificationserious gamesapplied behavior analysis (ABA) |
| spellingShingle | Ruofei Hu Jorge Cancela Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer Gloria Cea Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou Dimitrios I. Fotiadis Giuseppe Fico OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine childhood obesity behavioral intervention family-based intervention gamification serious games applied behavior analysis (ABA) |
| title | OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_full | OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_fullStr | OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_short | OB CITY–Definition of a Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity Supported by Information and Communication Technologies |
| title_sort | ob city x2013 definition of a family based intervention for childhood obesity supported by information and communication technologies |
| topic | childhood obesity behavioral intervention family-based intervention gamification serious games applied behavior analysis (ABA) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7407302/ |
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