Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing for Healthcare |
| Subtitle of host publication | 2008 PervasiveHealth |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, USA |
| Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| Pages | 222 - 226 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-963-9799-15-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2008 - Tampere, Finland Duration: 30 Jan 2008 → 1 Feb 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2008 |
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| Abbreviated title | PervasiveHealth 2008 |
| Country | Finland |
| City | Tampere |
| Period | 30/01/08 → 1/02/08 |
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Keywords
- Pervasive healthcare
- Nutritional information
- Hybrid Media
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HyperFit : Hybrid media in personal nutrition and exercise management. / Järvinen, Paula; Järvinen, Timo H.; Lähteenmäki, Liisa; Södergård, Caj.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing for Healthcare: 2008 PervasiveHealth. Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers , 2008. p. 222 - 226.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - HyperFit
T2 - Hybrid media in personal nutrition and exercise management
AU - Järvinen, Paula
AU - Järvinen, Timo H.
AU - Lähteenmäki, Liisa
AU - Södergård, Caj
N1 - Projektin nimi: HyperFit; NT Food solutions Project code: 1340
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - HyperFit is an Internet service for personal management of nutrition and exercise. It provides tools for promoting healthy diet and physical activity. The principle of the service is to mimic the process of personal nutrition counseling. It includes self evaluation tools for testing and goal definition, food and exercise diaries, analysis tools, and feedback and encouragement given by a virtual trainer. Recommendations by the Finnish National Nutrition Council are used as the nutritional basis for the service. HyperFit uses a food database that contains the nutritional information for approximately 2,500 food products and categories, both product-specific and average. Hybrid media combining print and mobile technology are applied to improve the usability and arouse interest. The service is used both with a mobile phone and PC. A camera phone can be used to add food and exercise entries to the diaries by reading product barcodes. HyperFit has been tested with potential individual users, weight management groups and nutritionists’ counseling clients in several field trials. Participants of the trials have been content with the system. The trials suggest that a HyperFit type of service can be used to promote independent weight management and the use of hybrid media gives extra value to the service. A patent application has been submitted for the system and the commercialization of the service is on the way.
AB - HyperFit is an Internet service for personal management of nutrition and exercise. It provides tools for promoting healthy diet and physical activity. The principle of the service is to mimic the process of personal nutrition counseling. It includes self evaluation tools for testing and goal definition, food and exercise diaries, analysis tools, and feedback and encouragement given by a virtual trainer. Recommendations by the Finnish National Nutrition Council are used as the nutritional basis for the service. HyperFit uses a food database that contains the nutritional information for approximately 2,500 food products and categories, both product-specific and average. Hybrid media combining print and mobile technology are applied to improve the usability and arouse interest. The service is used both with a mobile phone and PC. A camera phone can be used to add food and exercise entries to the diaries by reading product barcodes. HyperFit has been tested with potential individual users, weight management groups and nutritionists’ counseling clients in several field trials. Participants of the trials have been content with the system. The trials suggest that a HyperFit type of service can be used to promote independent weight management and the use of hybrid media gives extra value to the service. A patent application has been submitted for the system and the commercialization of the service is on the way.
KW - Pervasive healthcare
KW - Nutritional information
KW - Hybrid Media
U2 - 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571074
DO - 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571074
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 978-963-9799-15-8
SP - 222
EP - 226
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing for Healthcare
PB - IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
CY - Piscataway, NJ, USA
ER -