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 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.
Instituto De Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, Rua Marquês d'Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal. joeljr@ieee.org
Joel J P C
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Rodrigues
Ivo M C
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Lopes
Bruno M C
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Silva
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D040421:Cell Phone; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013030:Spain; D013686:Telemetry