background one of the most pressing threats for children’s health status is overweight and obesity. previous literature indicates that increasing relative body mass index (rbmi) is accompanied by physical inactivity. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of daily physical activity and obesity among students grade 5th and 6th. patients and methods this was a cross-sect...

We are developing a personal activity recognition system that is practical, reliable, and can be incorporated into a variety of health-care related applications ranging from personal fitness to elder care. To make our system appealing and useful, we require it to have the following properties: (i) data only from a single body location needed, and it is not required to be from the same point for...

With this work we want to illustrate new ways to assist students during sports training and to enhance their learning experience. As an example, we present the design of a wearable system intended for snowboard training on the slope. The hardware platform consists of a custom-built sensor/actuator box and a mobile phone acting as host device. These devices run algorithms for activity, context, ...