Citation
American Psychological Association 7th edition (APA 7th)
🇺🇸 English, US
Caon, M., Carrino, S., Angelini, L., Khaled, O. A., Mugellini, E., Velickovski, F., & Andreoni, G. (2018). Teenagers’ Usage of a Mobile-Wearable-Cloud Platform to Promote Healthy Lifestyles: the PEGASO Experience. In 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 1576–1579). 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2018.8512535
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Résumé
In contemporary society, non-communicable diseases linked to unhealthy lifestyles, such as obesity, are on the rise with a major impact on global deaths. Prevention is the new frontier, promising to increase life expectancy and quality, while reducing costs related to healthcare. The PEGASO project developed a mobile ecosystem where the digital Companion aims at empowering teenagers in the adoption of healthy lifestyles. The pilot study conducted in three European countries (Spain, UK and Italy) shows a good acceptance of the system and that teenagers are keen to use mobile technology to improve their lifestyle, although wearable devices did not engage the young users