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AFINA-te - a healthy lifestyle information website, online food diary and exercise log directly towards children
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Childhood obesity is according to the World Health Organization one of the most concerning problems today.
Educating children to a healthier lifestyle is a difficult task due to the lack of interest or concern that they
demonstrate. The interest that children have in technology and the time they spent online in games or simply
surfing the web may be seen as an opportunity to instill knowledge about healthy eating and healthy lifestyle.
There are already several online health counseling websites but it seems to exist a lack of such platforms
directly towards to children. Afina-te website is an online platform that aims to monitor and educate children
to a healthier lifestyle through the exposition of information, interactive applications and educational games.
It is also capable of provide feedback about what users eat and the exercise they practice. This paper describes the development and resulting health counseling website.
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Children Exercise Nutrition Online Website
Citation
Ribeiro, José; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Guimarães, Nuno (2015). AFINA-te - a healthy lifestyle information website, online food diary and exercise log directly towards children. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 393-398, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal