ICT and Physical Activity

Abstract

An overview of research using web-based physical activity assessment systems and wearable devices is presented. The following three topics will be discussed. 1) Sensing technology and applications using wearable devices and smartphones. 2) The market for mobile health and its potential for promoting physical activity. 3) Examples of research using online systems. Wearable devices (a generic term for information terminals that are worn and carried around) have made remarkable progress in recent years, and physical activity promotion and weight loss interventions using PCs (personal computers) and mobile devices are considered to have advantages in terms of human and economic costs compared to traditional face-to-face interventions. A wide variety of data will be collected using various wearable devices, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as machine learning and deep learning will be incorporated to develop applications that introduce future risk projections and other information. Rather than people catching up with technological advances, it is important to take a viewpoint of how technology can be used to enrich people's lives.