Nathapon (Max) Siangchokyoo
CS 410
Fall 2007
 Many
people today are over weight due to
lack of healthy meals and lack of exercising
 America
pays as much as $ 93 Billion dollars
per year on medical bills, roughly 9.5
percent was spent on Medicare for over
weight and obese people.
 Due
to the pressure of the public (TV,
Movies, Sports) Overweight and obesity can
lead to lack of self confident.
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In the year 2000, The Center for Disease Control and
Prevention reported that 17 percent of the reported
death was cause by obesity and its side effect.
Obesity can lead to many various diseases such as high
blood pressure, diabetes, fatty liver, joint problems, etc.
 As
known as Body Mass Indicator, an
internationally used measure of obesity.
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“Weight is largely determined by how you balance your
intake of calories from food with the energy you use in
everyday activities. If you consume more calories than you
use, you gain weight. Your body stores calories that you don't
need for energy as fat.”
- MayoClinic.com (CNN.com)
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“We have a mismatch between our genes and environment.
Our genetic profile is to eat a lot and be very physically
active,” .“We are in an environment that encourages us to be
inactive. While technology is good, it has made us more
sedentary. We have even built our cars to hold our food,”
- James Hill, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University
of Colorado.
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A handheld device that could calculate and display the
amount of calories burned by having the user input the
activity and profile
Software that would calculate the calories burn, using
the given input (i.e. weight, activity, time, heart rate,
etc.)
Two options:
- Input the activity and amount of time spent
- Take the heart rate and calculate with time
,
 The
physics behind calculating the calories
burned uses the “work” being done and the
amount of time spent
 Heart
rate can be used to calculate an even
more precise amount of calories burned
 There
are already software on the net that let
you calculate the amount of calories burned by
inputting the user’s profile
http://www.csgnetwork.com/caloriesactburned.html
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Researchers have found that
people in developed
countries have much higher
percentage of people being
over weight.
Nearly 60 percent of adults
in developed countries are
found to be over weight
 The
user will be able to monitor the
amount of calories burn per day.
A
reminder that says “you need to
exercise” or “you have been exercising a
lot today”.
 The
user will be able to choose what to
eat based on the calories burned.
 Another
device that has to be carried
around
 There
are already the same kinds of
application available online
 Customers
will be able to use this device to
monitor their daily exercise, and will be able to
choose what to consume based on the calorie
burned
 This
product will help user stay healthy and
help towards losing weight. However, the user
also must cooperate with exercising and
choosing what are consumed
 Help
for healthy lifestyle
“An overweight America comes with a hefty price tag”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-05-13-obesity
usat_x.htm
 “Obesity Swallowing America”
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/trans
form.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/caz/nutr/obes/alert080
32004.jsp
 “Overweight and Obesity”
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/overweight
_obesity.html
 “Side Effects of Obesity”
http://www.ecureme.com/especial/obgyn/Side_Effects_of_Obesity.
asp
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“Obesity”
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00314.html
 “The BMI Formula”
http://www.whathealth.com/bmi/formula.html
 “Diet and Weight Loss Tutorial”
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_net.html
 “Calorie Calculator”
http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/calories.shtml
 “Calorie Burn Calculator”
http://www.csgnetwork.com/caloriesactburned.html
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