EU funds SPLENDID: High Tech Sensors Teach Children How to Eat and Be Active

The EU has tasked the SPLENDID group to develop a system providing personal behavioural guidance to children and young adults, aiming at helping them adopt healthier lifestyles. SPLENDID’s goal, says Professor Anastasios Delopoulos, coordinator of SPLENDID, “is to identify individuals at risk of developing obesity or eating disorders and guide them towards healthy eating and physical activity, thus preventing the onset of food-related problems”. The SPLENDID system will record and change behaviour, through immediate feedback. Professor Delopoulos continues: “Using high-tech sensors to record eating and physical activity across the day, the system will provide information to users and health-professionals, in order to change behaviour.” Smartphone and web-based interphases will deliver real-time, report-based feedback, targeting risk behaviours, allowing users to engage in their daily activities without losing control.

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