A Multi-Modal IoT Framework for Healthy Nutritional Choices in Everyday Childhood Life
Open Access
- 27 May 2024
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Electronics
- Vol. 13 (11) , 2086
Abstract
Policies, standards and recommendations for healthy childhood nutritional choices are well-defined and widely available, yet a significant percentage of children as well as parents and caregivers, fail to become aware and follow them despite the intense technological penetration and information abundance in everyday life. The aim of this work was to establish an IoT-integrated framework parlaying the current technological platforms’ capabilities to streamline the aforementioned policies, standards, and recommendations in a transparent, highly adoptable, and attractive scheme for children while being minimally demanding for responsible adults through a set of readily available innovative services and smart devices. The rationale was to obtain information concerning nutritional choices and habits with minimum intervention through smart devices, minimizing user deviation from everyday routines in order to consolidate, visualize, and exploit this information in an engaging and motivating gaming environment, maximizing visual impact while maintaining a minimal computational footprint.Keywords
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