Abstract Date Presented 04/02/2022 This study evaluated the effectiveness of Veggies for Life (VFL) curriculum and implementation healthier lifestyles through increased consumption fruits vegetables use adaptive tools, facilitating independence in meal preparation. Through healthy eating, nutritional guides, participants demonstrated an maintenance lifestyle routines. Primary Author Speaker: Re...

In this paper, we describe an Embodied Conversational Agent advising users to promote a healthier lifestyle. This embodied agent provides advice on everyday user activities, in order to promote a healthy lifestyle. It operates by generating user activity models (similar to decompositional task models), using a Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) planner. These activity models are refined through va...

Among female sex workers who use drugs, the experience of having children and its effect on HIV risk behaviors remains underexplored. We draw from a study of 214 female sex workers and their intimate non-commercial partners in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, México (n = 428), approximately 30% of whom have children living with them. During qualitative interviews with 41 of these couples, having chil...

There is no healthcare system in the world that has the capacity or resources to provide every person in need of help and support of changing lifestyle behaviors. Consequently, there is a need to design health information systems that enable individuals to manage their health and maintain a healthier lifestyle. However, there is limited knowledge about how individuals perceive these behavior ch...

Obesity in children is a significant public health concern. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Jordanian children, and adolescents has increased in the last decade. The consequences of obesity to health in childhood and adulthood have both medical, and economic cost to individuals and society. This paper reviews the factors that contribute to adolescent obesity and emphasizes behaviora...

With many industrialized societies bearing the cost of an increasingly sedentary lifestyle on the health of their populations there is a need to find new ways of encouraging physical activity to promote better health and well being. With the increasing power of mobile phones and the recent emergence of personal heart rate monitors, aimed at dedicated amateur runners, there is now a possibility ...

Change your lifestyle: decrease your energy intake and increase your energy expenditure, is what obesity experts tell people who need to lose weight. Though the advice might be correct, it appears to be extremely difficult to change one's lifestyle. Unhealthy habits usually are ingrained and hard to change, especially for people with an "obese cognitive profile." Knowledge of the cognitive mech...

Background: The State of Karnataka launched a scheme called “Arogya Karnataka” as part universal health coverage following the Integrated Public Health Policy 2017 and Vision 2025 document. With goal achieving (UHC), Karnataka, national leader in healthcare, Arogya March 2018. It was later integrated with government India's protection Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Yojana(AB-PMJAY) to help ...

This study examines the impact of health and nutrition education programs on knowledge attitudes teenagers. With growing prevalence lifestyle-related diseases, it is important Determine effectiveness educational interventions targeting this age group. It provides food pattern to be followed by teenagers for optimum with daily requirements. Findings from will contribute advancement evidence-base...