Promoting Obesity Prevention and Healthy Habits in Childhood: The OCARIoT Experience

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dc.contributor.authorBastida, Leire
dc.contributor.authorCea, Gloria
dc.contributor.authorMoya, Ana
dc.contributor.authorGallego, Alba
dc.contributor.authorGaeta, Eugenio
dc.contributor.authorSillaurren, Sara
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorSouto, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Eujessika
dc.contributor.authorTorrego-Ellacuria, Macarena
dc.contributor.authorTriantafyllidis, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorAlexiadis, Anastasios
dc.contributor.authorVotis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorTzovaras, Dimitrios
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Cleilton
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorMalo, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMateus, Marcio
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorArredondo, Maria Teresa
dc.contributor.institutionADV_INTER_PLAT
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-10T11:45:03Z
dc.date.available2024-09-10T11:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2023 IEEE.
dc.description.abstractObjective: Long term behavioural disturbances and interventions in healthy habits (mainly eating and physical activity) are the primary cause of childhood obesity. Current approaches for obesity prevention based on health information extraction lack the integration of multi-modal datasets and the provision of a dedicated Decision Support System (DSS) for health behaviour assessment and coaching of children. Methods: Continuous co-creation process has been applied in the frame of the Design Thinking Methodology, involving children, educators and healthcare professional in the whole process. Such considerations were used to derive the user needs and the technical requirements needed for the conception of the Internet of Things (IoT) platform based on microservices. Results: To promote the adoption of healthy habits and the prevention of the obesity onset for children (9-12 years old), the proposed solution empowers children -including families and educators- in taking control of their health by collecting and following-up real-time information about nutrition, physical activity data coming from IoT devices, and interconnecting healthcare professionals to provide a personalised coaching solution. The validation has two phases involving +400 children (control/intervention group), on four schools in three countries: Spain, Greece and Brazil. The prevalence of obesity decreased in 75.5% from baseline levels in the intervention group. The proposed solution created a positive impression and satisfaction from the technology acceptance perspective. Conclusions: Main findings confirm that this ecosystem can assess behaviours of children, motivating and guiding them towards achieving personal goals. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement - This study presents Early Research on the adoption of a smart childhood obesity caring solution adopting a multidisciplinary approach; it involves researchers from biomedical engineering, medicine, computer science, ethics and education. The solution has the potential to decrease the obesity rates in children aiming to impact to get a better global health.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported in part by the smart childhood Obesity CARing solution using IoT potential (OCARIoT) Project, European Union's H2020 Programme, under Grant 777082; and in part by the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation through Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP), under Grant 003008.
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationBastida , L , Cea , G , Moya , A , Gallego , A , Gaeta , E , Sillaurren , S , Barbosa , P , Souto , S , Rodrigues , E , Torrego-Ellacuria , M , Triantafyllidis , A , Alexiadis , A , Votis , K , Tzovaras , D , Rocha , C , Alves , L , Malo , P , Mateus , M , Ferreira , F & Arredondo , M T 2023 , ' Promoting Obesity Prevention and Healthy Habits in Childhood : The OCARIoT Experience ' , IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine , vol. 11 , pp. 261-270 . https://doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3261899
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3261899
dc.identifier.issn2168-2372
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/5047
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151557100&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
dc.relation.projectIDBrazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
dc.relation.projectIDEuropean Union's H2020 Programme, 777082
dc.relation.projectIDOCARIoT
dc.relation.projectIDRede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, RNP, 003008
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keywordsChildren
dc.subject.keywordsInternet of Things (IoT)
dc.subject.keywordshealth
dc.subject.keywordshealthy habits
dc.subject.keywordsobesity prevention
dc.subject.keywordsBiomedical Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.titlePromoting Obesity Prevention and Healthy Habits in Childhood: The OCARIoT Experienceen
dc.typejournal article
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