Yusof, A. F. and A. Iahad, Noorminshah (2012) Review on online and mobile weight loss management system for overcoming obesity. In: 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings. IEEE, New York, USA, pp. 198-203. ISBN 978-146731938-6
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297239
Abstract
This paper reviews previous research that used ICT intervention for weight loss management to overcome obesity. The aim of this review is to identify ways that ICT contribute towards effective weight loss management and the opportunities that ICT can provide towards successful weight loss. This paper not only includes review of journal papers but also review of various available online weight loss management systems. Main finding from this review is, ICT's usage for weight loss management can be classified into: Diet Plan and Guideline, Online Community and Mobile Applications. In addition to this, ICT namely the Internet and mobile applications offer vast opportunities towards effective weight loss through self-monitoring which is a key success factor for weight loss.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Indexed by Scopus |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mobile weight loss application, online weight loss application, self-monitoring, weight loss management, weight loss monitoring |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Computer Science and Information System |
| ID Code: | 35817 |
| Deposited By: | Fazli Masari |
| Deposited On: | 04 Dec 2013 01:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2017 06:43 |
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