A wireless home automation system for childhood obesity prevention

BIODEVICES 2010 - 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-81

  Hsiao, Min Chieh ^a   Amini, Navid ^a   Sarrafzadeh, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; eHealth; Exercise; Home automation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DAILY LIVES; EHEALTH; EXERCISE; HOME AUTOMATION; HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; HOME ENTERTAINMENT; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; POWER OUTLET; PREVENTION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE INTERFACES; VIDEO GAME; WIRELESS CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; HEALTH;

NUTRITION;

EID: 77956331429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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