1. A new mobile ubiquitous computing application to control obesity: SapoFit.
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Rodrigues, Joel J. P. C., Lopes, Ivo M. C., Silva, Bruno M. C., and Torre, Isabel de La
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UBIQUITOUS computing , *PREVENTION of obesity , *IPHONE (Smartphone) , *WEB services , *MOBILE computing , *COMPUTER users - Abstract
The objective of this work was the proposal, design, construction and validation of a mobile health system for dietetic monitoring and assessment, called SapoFit. This application may be personalized to keep a daily personal health record of an individual's food intake and daily exercise and to share this with a social network. The initiative is a partnership with SAPO - Portugal Telecom. SapoFit uses Web services architecture, a relatively new model for distributed computing and application integration. SapoFit runs on a range of mobile platforms, and it has been implemented successfully in a range of mobile devices and has been evaluated by over 100 users. Most users strongly agree that SapoFit has an attractive design, the environment is user-friendly and intuitive, and the navigation options are clear. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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