Development of Child-Teen Obesity Treatment Service Platform

Abstract

ObjectivesThis study aimed to develop an effective and efficient obesity treatment and management service platform for obese children/teenagers.MethodsThe integrated smart platform was planned and established through cooperation with service providers such as hospitals and public health centers, obese children/teenagers who constitute the service's user base, and IT development and policy institutions and companies focusing on child-teen obesity management and treatment.ResultsBased on guidelines on intervention strategies to manage child-teen obesity, we developed two patient/parent mobile applications, one web-monitoring service for medical staff, one mobile application for food-craving endurance, and one mobile application for medical examinations.ConclusionsThe establishment of the integrated service platform was successfully completed; however, this study was restrictively to the hospital where the pilot program took place. The effectiveness of the proposed platform will be verified in the future in tests involving other organizations.

Keywords

• obesity
• pediatric obesity
• delivery of health care
• mobile applications
• user-computer interface