Design and Implementation of a Dynamic Healthcare System for Weight Management and Health Promotion

摘要

Overweight and obesity have become the major public health challenges globally, since late 20th century and they are apparently on the rise in some upper middle- and high-income countries. Over past few years, the obesity-related research has been turning to use mobile wireless device to deliver the weight management intervention, with the tremendously increased use of mobile phones. Mobile health (mHealth)-related smartphone application (app) is brought to facilitate user to self-monitor the diet, physical activity and body weight for improving accuracy and reducing burdens. A dynamic healthcare solution called "Intelligent Weight Management System" (iWMS) has been developed to support user to collect and transmit the objective data in real time. User can follow the advice from healthcare professionals to not only make the changes in lifestyle and behavior, but also communicate easily with healthcare professionals. This paper discusses the development of iWMS and contours the future plan for clinical trial.