Promoting a healthy lifestyle through a virtual specialist solution

Authors:
Juan M. Silva;Selene Zamarripa;Elisa B. Moran;Monica Tentori;Leonardo Galicia
Affiliations:
Computer Science Department CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, México;Computer Science Department CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, México;Computer Science Department CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, México;Computer Science Department CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, México;Computer Science Department CICESE Research Center, Ensenada, México
Venue:
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2006

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Abstract

As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), malnutrition is a health problem faced by many nations around the world. In Mexico around 50% of adult population is obese; this in turn situates people on risk of contracting other diseases such as diabetes, and hypertension. To address this problem, one of the main institutes of health in Mexico has implemented a program for preventing diseases related to bad feeding and physical activity habits. In our aim to provide a technological solution to help people with such problems, we conducted a field study around this program to envision and inform our design. We propose a Virtual Specialist (VS) that stays with the patient and advice him at all times on issues related to keeping diet and exercise programs. We argue that patients that use this solution would feel more motivated to keep working on their programs, since they get a feeling of being personally attended.