M. Elena Hernando, Spain
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Grupo de Bioingenieria y TelemedicinaModerator of 1 Session
Presenter of 1 Presentation
Diet monitoring for gestational diabetes, weight-loss interventions and personalized nutrition
Abstract
Background and Aims / Part 1
Healthy diet and regular physical activity are powerful tools to improve metabolic control in all types of diabetes and cardiometabolic syndrome risk. For that reason, patients’ treatments include aspects of behaviour change and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
Methods / Part 2
The use of information technologies can support the adoption of healthy diets and the acquisition of competences for meal planning, food selection and food preparation. Providing patients with better knowledge and education is possible to improve adherence to long-term lifestyle changes. Information about patients’ diet can also help physicians in the therapy change decision making but it is an information difficult to obtain, mainly because the registering process is manual and time demanding.
Results / Part 3
This talk will present some experiences of diet monitoring with different data registry requirements, from complete and comprehensive data logs at the level of ingredients to simplified and qualitative registering of diet transgressions that trigger intelligent alerts and recommendations.
Conclusions / Part 4
The use of web and mobile technologies for diet monitoring decreases the patient burden, increases patient knowledge and supports better decisions.