Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing

Mark van Gils; Juha Pärkkä; Raimo Lappalainen; A. Ahonen; A. Maukonen; Timo Tuomisto; Jyrki Lötjönen; Luc Cluitmans; Ilkka Korhonen

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019626

Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing

Mark van Gils, Juha Pärkkä, Raimo Lappalainen, A. Ahonen, A. Maukonen, Timo Tuomisto, Jyrki Lötjönen, Luc Cluitmans, Ilkka Korhonen

Tampere University

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With the fast development of information and communications technology, devices with some computing power are becoming increasingly abundant in the average home. The trend for theses devices to also be provided with inter-communication functionality opens up new possibilities for health care. The availability of ubiquitous computing allows the individual to perform health-related measurements review data or consult guidelines independent of place or time, thus providing the individual with a better means to follow certain treatment programs. In this study, we set out to implement as a system based on ubiquitous computing for the application of weight management using behavioral feedback. The goals were a) to gain insights in the technical feasibility and caveats of such a system as a basis for setting up more advanced and generic infrastructures, and b) to study the degree to whether people are actually willing to use such a technology-laden system for their health management. The results lead us to the conclusion that such a system is possible with the current technology, although many issues need to be solved before generic architectures and implementations are a reality, and that many people, especially those who have serious weight problems, are eager to use such a system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Place of Publication	Istambul
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	3650-3653
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-7211-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019626
Publication status	Published - 2001
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2001 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 25 Oct 2001 → 28 Oct 2001

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Conference	23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2001
Abbreviated title	EMBS 2001
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	25/10/01 → 28/10/01

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van Gils, M., Pärkkä, J., Lappalainen, R., Ahonen, A., Maukonen, A., Tuomisto, T., Lötjönen, J., Cluitmans, L., & Korhonen, I. (2001). Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing. In 2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (pp. 3650-3653). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019626

van Gils, Mark ; Pärkkä, Juha ; Lappalainen, Raimo et al. / Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing. 2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Istambul : IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2001. pp. 3650-3653

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Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing. / van Gils, Mark; Pärkkä, Juha; Lappalainen, Raimo et al.
2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Istambul: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2001. p. 3650-3653.

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van Gils M, Pärkkä J, Lappalainen R, Ahonen A, Maukonen A, Tuomisto T et al. Feasibility and user acceptance of a personal weight management system based on ubiquitous computing. In 2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Istambul: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2001. p. 3650-3653 doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019626

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