A New Way To Fight Obesity Joshua Cordova - Hana Lee - Seong Joon Lee -

Obesity 2 nd leading cause of death in US Increases the risk of many diseases Medical expenses of obesity > $50 billion/year Weight loss is the best treatment -change: diet, physical activity habits

Intended Users Mainly, people who are suffering from obesity. Specifically, BMI of over 25 but less than 40 Needs to get below BMI of 25 People who are concerned about being obese. Use cell phone / PDA / mobile device.

Requirements Hardware Requirements: PDA Software Content –BMI check / diary –Weight Diary –Calorie check / diary –Exercise Diary –Personal Profile

Usability Test

Usability Test of DOT 10 subjects 8 tasks –Creating a new profile under your name –Calculate BMI –Send to Dr. Motorola Kodak –View doctor’s note from yesterday –View stats for yesterday’s date –Enter 250 calories eaten for today –Enter 500 calories burned for today –Enter your weight for today

Post-test Results Overall Reactions to the system (Terrible-Wonderful) 6 You can accomplish tasks (With Difficulty-Easily) 6.1 Learning to operate system (Difficult-Easy) 6.5 Characters on the computer screen (Hard to read-Easy to read) 7.2

Conclusion

Calendar BMI calculator Dr’s Feedback

Future Work More network/internet aspect Direct Chat with the doctor add graphs food look up in the system.

Thank You! DOT team