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Obesity and other lifestyle-related illness are among the top healthcare challenges in Europe. The rapid development of the ICT, and in particular mobile technologies offers an important opportunity for introducing the possibility of a new technological framework. In this paper, the PEGASO system is presented. It will be based on a mobile, social and networked gaming platform, considered as a powerful tool to actively engage the younger population in activities that will stimulate healthier choices in their daily lives. The PEGASO project will implement the User Centred Design approach by considering our target population (i.e. teenagers) at the centre of the system in a palingenetic process. Smartphone is the first and key sensor system. The mobile device also acts as communication gateway towards the other sensors. Basic services, such as those related to location and basic motion sensors to detect physical activity, are provided through sensors embedded within the smartphone.
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Mazzola, M. et al. (2014). Integrated Architecture for Next-Generation m-Health Services (Education, Monitoring and Prevention) in Teenagers. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling. Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. DHM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8529. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07725-3_41
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