A Framework for Obesity Control Using a Wireless Body Sensor Network

Low-cost low-power consumption small wireless sensor devices have empowered the development of wireless body area networks (WBANs). In WBANs many sensors are attached to human body for sensing particular health related information to improve healthcare and quality of life. Obesity is one of the most...

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Main Authors: Nabil Ali Alrajeh, Jaime Lloret, Alejandro Canovas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/534760
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description Low-cost low-power consumption small wireless sensor devices have empowered the development of wireless body area networks (WBANs). In WBANs many sensors are attached to human body for sensing particular health related information to improve healthcare and quality of life. Obesity is one of the most common problems all over the world, which is amongst main causes of cardiovascular diseases. In this research, we explore hardware and software architecture of WBAN for obesity monitoring. The proposed framework consists of few sensor nodes that monitor body motion, calories calculator, and a personal server running on a personal smart phone or a personal computer. The focus of this research is to make obesity patients easier to get rid of this disease.
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spelling doaj-art-62d6724246e04cc6b98678fecb82ff862025-08-20T03:34:41ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772014-07-011010.1155/2014/534760534760A Framework for Obesity Control Using a Wireless Body Sensor NetworkNabil Ali Alrajeh0Jaime Lloret1Alejandro Canovas2 Biomedical Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11633, Saudi Arabia Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, C/Paranimf No. 1, Grao de Gandia, Gandia, 46730 Valencia, Spain Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, C/Paranimf No. 1, Grao de Gandia, Gandia, 46730 Valencia, SpainLow-cost low-power consumption small wireless sensor devices have empowered the development of wireless body area networks (WBANs). In WBANs many sensors are attached to human body for sensing particular health related information to improve healthcare and quality of life. Obesity is one of the most common problems all over the world, which is amongst main causes of cardiovascular diseases. In this research, we explore hardware and software architecture of WBAN for obesity monitoring. The proposed framework consists of few sensor nodes that monitor body motion, calories calculator, and a personal server running on a personal smart phone or a personal computer. The focus of this research is to make obesity patients easier to get rid of this disease.https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/534760
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