Internet of thing based obesity and overweight monitoring arm belt for teenagers in Malaysia
It is reported that the prevalence of obesity and overweight among the teenagers is at alarming level. Obesity might develop into further health issues as they grow up into adults. Better lifestyle and modern technologies such as internet and smart phones have encouraged sedentary lifestyle. Lack of...
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my.utm.980142022-11-16T01:53:39Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98014/ Internet of thing based obesity and overweight monitoring arm belt for teenagers in Malaysia Sam, Toong Hai Tee, Kian Sek Soon, Chin Fhong Mohd. Khialdin, Safinaz Mohd. Zain, Ayesha Pusppanathan, Jaysuman Wong, Whee Yen Q Science (General) It is reported that the prevalence of obesity and overweight among the teenagers is at alarming level. Obesity might develop into further health issues as they grow up into adults. Better lifestyle and modern technologies such as internet and smart phones have encouraged sedentary lifestyle. Lack of physical activities and uncontrolled food intake would be the main causes. The project aims at developing a portable internet-of-thing (IoT) instrument to monitor their physical activities. The instrument is designed to wrap around the arm and is a battery-powered microcontroller system, equipped with a global-positioning-system (GPS) sensor and a movement sensor (accelerometer). The system would synchronize to the internet via a smart phone. The location and body movements are recorded and could be monitored remotely by another user. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Sam, Toong Hai and Tee, Kian Sek and Soon, Chin Fhong and Mohd. Khialdin, Safinaz and Mohd. Zain, Ayesha and Pusppanathan, Jaysuman and Wong, Whee Yen (2021) Internet of thing based obesity and overweight monitoring arm belt for teenagers in Malaysia. In: 6th International Conference on Application of Science and Mathematics, SCIEMATHIC 2020, 1 - 2 December 2020, Pagoh, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0053256 |
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It is reported that the prevalence of obesity and overweight among the teenagers is at alarming level. Obesity might develop into further health issues as they grow up into adults. Better lifestyle and modern technologies such as internet and smart phones have encouraged sedentary lifestyle. Lack of physical activities and uncontrolled food intake would be the main causes. The project aims at developing a portable internet-of-thing (IoT) instrument to monitor their physical activities. The instrument is designed to wrap around the arm and is a battery-powered microcontroller system, equipped with a global-positioning-system (GPS) sensor and a movement sensor (accelerometer). The system would synchronize to the internet via a smart phone. The location and body movements are recorded and could be monitored remotely by another user. |
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Internet of thing based obesity and overweight monitoring arm belt for teenagers in Malaysia |
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