Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
4th International Congress on Medical Sciences and Multidisciplinary Approaches, İstanbul, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Mart 2022, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.814
Abstract: Obesity is well known to be a risk factor for different medical conditions, leading to
increased morbidity and mortality and have progressively increased over the past decades. Numerous strategies for losing weight have been researched and it is found that lifestyle modification
represents a critical form of intervention for overweight and obese individuals. Wearable technologies have present new opportunities to obese people to change their lifestyles and physical activities. Wearable technologies such as pedometers, smart watches, wristbands and accelerometers are safe, user-friendly, cost-effective and accessible. They are used to determine steps per
day, physical activity intensity, energy intake and use, diet, and sleeping time. Wearable technologies let us to get real time feedback from our body, monitoring our self and adjust our diets and
physical activity. In many studies, these technologies have been shown to be valid and reliable
for accuracy and consistent feedback. Lifestyle interventions with wearable technologies have
been found to improve the health profile, diet, and physical activity of obese and overweight
adults. According to the behaviour change model, wearable technologies promote cognitive and
health behaviour changes linked to monitoring of health outcomes, motivation and their goal setting function. It is thought that the use of wearable technologies can contribute to weight control
in obese patients and to reduce the health care costs of obese patients.
Keywords: Wearable Technology, Obesity, Obesity Management