Title :
Android application development to promote physical activity in adolescents
Author :
Clark, Darryl ; Edmonds, Clarence ; Moore, Antonio ; Harlow, Julee ; Allen, Kacie ; Winchester, Woodrow W., III ; McCrickard, D. Scott ; Estabrooks, Paul
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science, Norfolk State University, VA 23504 USA
Abstract :
Adolescents in today´s society are becoming increasingly less active, contributing to a rising obesity rate. With this epidemic as motivation, and the use of smart phones by youth as opportunity, a suite of Android Applications was developed to promote physical activity among this population.
Keywords :
human-computer interaction; mobile computing; mobile interfaces; usability engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1381-0
DOI :
10.1109/CTS.2012.6261106
