Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic Review

(1) Background: Increasing life expectancy allows for more age-related health issues. Enhancing physical, cognitive, mental, and social health is crucial. Promoting healthy habits combats stress and diseases. Recommendation systems, like collaborative filtering, tailor suggestions but face challenge...

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Main Authors: Juan Lopez-Barreiro, Jose Luis Garcia-Soidan, Luis Alvarez-Sabucedo, Juan M. Santos-Gago
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/22/10220
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author Juan Lopez-Barreiro
Jose Luis Garcia-Soidan
Luis Alvarez-Sabucedo
Juan M. Santos-Gago
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description (1) Background: Increasing life expectancy allows for more age-related health issues. Enhancing physical, cognitive, mental, and social health is crucial. Promoting healthy habits combats stress and diseases. Recommendation systems, like collaborative filtering, tailor suggestions but face challenges. Techniques such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are vital. Personalized health recommendations improve lifestyles and mitigate issues. (2) Methods: A systematic review adhering to the general principles of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was conducted with the aim of identifying articles on innovative research about using recommendation algorithms, machine learning, or artificial intelligence to promote healthy habits and active aging. (3) Results: A total of 34 articles were included in this work. They address the topic of recommendation systems that use machine learning or artificial intelligence in the promotion of healthy habits. (4) Conclusions: This article reviews health-related activity recommendation techniques for the general population. With rising life expectancy and common health issues, effective recommendations are crucial for future public health. Limitations include excluding simpler models. Despite many proposals, systematic adherence mechanisms are lacking. Developing traceable, verifiable systems for healthy activity recommendations is vital for aging populations in developed countries.
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spelling doaj-art-b7447ed172974d2f9287c0edd392339b2025-08-20T01:53:52ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-11-0114221022010.3390/app142210220Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic ReviewJuan Lopez-Barreiro0Jose Luis Garcia-Soidan1Luis Alvarez-Sabucedo2Juan M. Santos-Gago3Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Campus A Xunqueira, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, SpainFaculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Campus A Xunqueira, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, SpainAtlanTTic, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainAtlanTTic, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain(1) Background: Increasing life expectancy allows for more age-related health issues. Enhancing physical, cognitive, mental, and social health is crucial. Promoting healthy habits combats stress and diseases. Recommendation systems, like collaborative filtering, tailor suggestions but face challenges. Techniques such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are vital. Personalized health recommendations improve lifestyles and mitigate issues. (2) Methods: A systematic review adhering to the general principles of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was conducted with the aim of identifying articles on innovative research about using recommendation algorithms, machine learning, or artificial intelligence to promote healthy habits and active aging. (3) Results: A total of 34 articles were included in this work. They address the topic of recommendation systems that use machine learning or artificial intelligence in the promotion of healthy habits. (4) Conclusions: This article reviews health-related activity recommendation techniques for the general population. With rising life expectancy and common health issues, effective recommendations are crucial for future public health. Limitations include excluding simpler models. Despite many proposals, systematic adherence mechanisms are lacking. Developing traceable, verifiable systems for healthy activity recommendations is vital for aging populations in developed countries.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/22/10220gamificationhealthy habitsrecommender algorithmhealthwell-beingmachine learning
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Applied Sciences
gamification
healthy habits
recommender algorithm
health
well-being
machine learning
title Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic Review
title_full Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic Review
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title_short Artificial Intelligence-Powered Recommender Systems for Promoting Healthy Habits and Active Aging: A Systematic Review
title_sort artificial intelligence powered recommender systems for promoting healthy habits and active aging a systematic review
topic gamification
healthy habits
recommender algorithm
health
well-being
machine learning
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