Eric Wicklund, Healthcare IT News
“Overweight people who make use of web-based virtual coaches show more commitment to improving their health than those who don’t, according to a new study by the Center for Connected Health and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Watson A et al, J Med Internet Res, 14(1)
Background:
Addressing the obesity epidemic requires the development of effective, scalable interventions. Pedometers and Web-based programs are beneficial in increasing activity levels but might be enhanced by the addition of nonhuman coaching.
Objectives:
We hypothesized that a virtual coach would increase activity levels, via step count, in overweight or obese individuals beyond the effect observed using a pedometer and website alone.
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi
“But there are new signs that losing weight and getting fit are going beyond “diets” and food plans: research shows that moving around and getting exercise can help people sustain hard-earned weight loss more than just changing food intake and “dieting.” So the Apple store and Best Buy now allocate shelf space to connected health devices that help people self-track daily life micro-choices.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“This week MobiHealthNews launched its latest paid research report, mObesity: How Mobile Tools Could Help Prevent Obesity Through Weight Management Apps and Connected Fitness Devices. The report focuses on the news, challenges, and missteps made by some of the highest profile companies offering connected fitness services today.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“Though recently published, the data in this study were from a decade of observation up through 2008. What we have seen since 2008 has been very significant uptake of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems
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Chris Gullo, mobihealthnews
“As obesity increasingly becomes a worldwide epidemic, especially within children and adolescent populations, solutions to the problem are poised to become a major focus within mHealth.
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Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
“College students who used cellphones to monitor calories and physical activity and received personalized feedback about how they were doing dropped significantly more weight than those who didn’t, new research shows.
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Breton ER et al, Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2011
Little is known about how much smartphone apps for weight control adhere to evidence-informed practices. The aim of this study was to review and summarize the content of available weight control apps. Information on content, user rating, and price was extracted from iTunes on September 25, 2009. Apps (n = 204) were coded for adherence to 13 evidence-informed practices for weight control. Latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of apps based on endorsement practices.
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Chris Gullo, mobihealthnews
“A new study of overweight teens published in the journal Obesity reveals the most effective ways text messages could be used to encourage healthy behavior change in adolescents, reports the LA Times.
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Helen Phung, EHR Bloggers
“Experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of people in their 20s and 30s coping with type 2 diabetes, which used to be rarely seen in those under 40. A story by Mary Marcus Brophy in USA Today addressed the burgeoning diabetes problem among young adults.
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Beaudoin CE, Hong T. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2011
Purpose
Research over the past decade has conveyed a dramatic rise in health information seeking via the Internet and articulated various profiles and outcomes of health information seeking. In building upon this research, the current study is innovative in considering predictors of health information seeking by medium, as well as outcomes of health information seeking by medium and by critical demographics.
Methods
OLS regression and logistic regression are conducted on data from a telephone survey of American adults in 2007 (N = 700).
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e-Health-com News
“Bayerische Kinderärzte starten gemeinsam mit Microsoft, der Business Systemhaus AG und der AOK das Onlineportal SynX. Es soll übergewichtigen Kindern und Jugendlichen das Abnehmen erleichtern und einen gesünderen Lebensstil fördern. „Unser Ziel ist ein arztzentriertes Coaching über mindestens ein halbes Jahr“, betont Dr. Gerald Hofner vom Bayerischen Verband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte (BVKJ).
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Pressebox
“Microsoft stellt zur CeBIT 2011 gemeinsam mit dem Partner Business Systemhaus AG die eHealth-Plattform SynX auf Basis der Microsoft Windows Azure-Plattform vor. Die vom Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit geförderte Lösung zeigt das Potenzial von Cloud Computing im Gesundheitswesen auf.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“In a recent post, we described how analyzing anonymized data that comes from Electronic Health Records (EHRs), and cross-referencing this data with other large public data sources, is the next “big thing” in healthcare.
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Lewis S et al, Health Expectations, 2010
Introduction
This study explores what types of information obese individuals search for on the Internet, their motivations for seeking information and how they apply it in their daily lives.
Method
In-depth telephone interviews with an Australian community sample of 142 individuals with a BMI ≥ 30 were conducted. Theoretical, purposive and strategic samplings were employed. Data were analysed using a constant comparative method.
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Basoglu N et al, Journal of Medical Systems, 2010
This paper presents the patient preferences for an application in remote health monitoring. The data was collected through a mobile service prototype. Analytical Hierarchy Process and Conjoint Analysis were used to extract the patient preferences. The study was limited to diabetes and obesity patients in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Holly Richards, ZanesvilleTimesRecorder
“In the very near future, those combining technology and fitness might not need to hold a Nintendo Wii remote, but something smaller in the palm of their hand — a cell phone.
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Jon Hoeksma, e-Health Europe
“A Hong Kong-based firm has developed a robot designed to help individuals combat obesity, by holding conversations with them about their weight.
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Ideaworks
“A new study has shown that the internet can be a valuable slimming aid. The findings, which stem from one of the longest weight loss trials in U.S history, showed that people who used a weight management website achieved the most success in keeping off the pounds.
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redOrbit
“VI Fit, a project at the University of Nevada, Reno, helps children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games. The human-computer interaction research team in the computer science and engineering department has developed a motion-sensing-based tennis and bowling exergame that can be downloaded for free at www.vifit.org.
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