Title :
Development of an integrated obesity management waist belt system composed of calorie tracking and waist circumference measuring module for long term monitoring
Author :
Jang, Yongwon ; Noh, Hyung Wook ; Lee, I.B. ; Song, Yoonseon ; Jang, Won Ick ; Lee, Sooyeul
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst. in Korea (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
A waist belt type simple device was designed to monitor the individuals who are obese and want to maintain their consumed calories and waist circumference changes. Relatively long term monitoring with this device could help them maintain their health conditions. This devised system is composed of calorie tracking and waist circumference module. This study suggests feasible and meaningful results. If users´ data are collected largely with this developed system, we can reveal the relationship between obesity and daily life pattern.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; health care; patient monitoring; calorie tracking; daily life pattern; health condition; integrated obesity management; long term monitoring; waist belt system; waist circumference measuring module; Belts; Current measurement; Hardware; History; Monitoring; Obesity; Pediatrics; Actigraphy; Clothing; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Energy Intake; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Motor Activity; Obesity; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Systems Integration; User-Computer Interface; Waist Circumference;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090408
