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Nutrition is a key aspect of a healthy lifestyle. Dietary behaviour is known to have a major
impact on health risks, that are related to overweight, obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
Particular problems are calorie–rich diets and lack of awareness, often associated with lack of
physical activity. The global prevalence of these conditions stipulate the promotion of weight
reduction and healthy eating habits in the European public health policies.
The development of assistive solutions to support healthy lifestyle, including nutrition, has
emerged as an important research topic in Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing.
Various systems have been proposed to aid users in controlling their diet and balance calorie
input. The approaches range from simple smart phone based diaries to fully automated dietary
monitoring systems. Within the European Union FP7 research program, nutrition and lifestyle
monitoring has been emphasized within the broader framework including electronic health
record management and the impact on the patient/doctor relationship.
The aim of the workshop is to evaluate nutrition monitoring as part of a holistic public health
strategy, that involves all technical, medical, psychological, political and economic aspects .
Specifically, the following topics will be considered during the workshop:
- Progress in monitoring technology, including sensors (on–body and environmental), sensor fusion, recognition methods and new experimental results.
- Strategies to use the monitoring information in the context of the patients overall health situation, including combination and integration with electronic health records and the use by nutrition professionals.
- Use of monitoring data for/in epidemiological studies.
- Coaching concepts for sustained behavioral changes related to dietary intake and weight management.
- Economic models for broad use of nutrition monitoring, including issues such as financing models for systems and programs, ways to motivate the use of and compliance with the systems (e.g. through insurance premiums).
- Ways to involve the food industry in public health initiatives aiming at improving overall nutrition habits of the population, including ways to use nutrition monitoring and Ambient Intelligence to quantify public health benefits/costs related to different foods and food industry sectors.