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Title | ||
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Reducing adolescent obesity with a mobile fitness application: Study results of youth age 15 to 17 |
Abstract | ||
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We present the results of the second phase of a multiphase study into the feasibility of combating growing adolescent obesity rates with a fitness game deployed on mobile devices. The fitness application includes tracking software to measure and count exercises performed and socialization features to compete and collaborate with friends. In the first phase of our study we tested producing positive changes in test subjects' attitudes towards fitness as a precursor to producing sustained fitness interest. This second phase study tests the application on its efficacy for improving physical fitness levels in adolescents. This study included 19 subjects aged 15 to 17 using the fitness application over a six week period. Students were categorized into underweight, healthy, and overweight/obese categories according to the United States' Centres for Disease Control's 2000 published charts on body-mass index (BMI) percentile charts. Test results showed an average decrease in BMI of 0.51 for overweight/obese subjects, while healthy subjects maintained their healthy BMI levels with an average BMI change of 0.02. Only one subject was classified as underweight and had a BMI increase of 0.32. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2013 | 10.1109/HealthCom.2013.6720738 | e-Health Networking, Applications & Services |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
biomechanics,biomedical measurement,computer games,medical computing,medical disorders,mobile computing,mobile handsets,patient care,BMI,United States' Centres for Disease Control's 2000,body-mass index percentile charts,count exercises,fitness game,growing adolescent obesity rates,healthy category,measure exercises,mobile devices,mobile fitness application,multiphase study,overweight/obese category,physical fitness levels,socialization features,sustained fitness interest,test subject attitudes,tracking software,underweight category | Gerontology,Disease control,Computer security,Overweight,Physical therapy,Underweight,Patient care,Physical fitness,Socialization,Medicine,Percentile,Adolescent Obesity | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
978-1-4673-5800-2 | 2 | 0.41 |
References | Authors | |
5 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Lu | 1 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Turner, K. | 2 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Bernadette Murphy | 3 | 2 | 1.09 |