Project Information
Project Focus
Our project focuses on the simple concept of the balance between foods we eat and the amount of exercise we get, while examining the consequences of the balance or imbalance. We call it the 3 E’s approach; Eat Healthy, Exercise and Examination. By focusing attention on the 3 E’s and offering incentives to encourage good habits we believe behavioral change will occur, producing more healthy individuals as shown by health indicators. Read More
Factors Driving Obesity
Two factors seem to drive unhealthy people in the United States, poverty and obesity. These are not exclusive of each other. Impoverished people tend to eat low cost fatty foods high in processed sugars and sodium. This diet along with minimal exercise is the recipe for obesity. A common sense approach to this problem, we’ll call the 3 E’s; Eat Healthy, Exercise and Examinations. The first two E’s (Eat Healthy and Exercise) need to be in balance but always seem... Read More
Technology Platform
Implementation of this project relies heavily on the ability of the participants to interact with the monitoring systems to input their exercise, food consumption, and track their progress. The system has been optimized to efficiently receive this input and store it in a database where further analysis can be performed. To ease in this implementation we have selected Apple’s iPad and iPhone product lines as the input devices. These devices will use secure connections to... Read More
Eating Healthy
Eating Healthy
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, when it comes down to it, the best nutrition advice on what to eat is relatively straightforward. Eat a plant-based diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; choose healthy fats, like olive and canola oil; and eat red meat and unhealthy fats, like saturated and trans [...]
Excercise
Excercising Daily
Regular exercise or physical activity helps many of the body’s systems function better, keeps heart disease, diabetes, and a host of other diseases at bay, and is a key ingredient for losing weight. According to the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, being physically active on a regular basis improves your chances of living longer [...]