期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Research In Computer Science and Software Engineering
印刷版ISSN：2277-6451
电子版ISSN：2277-128X
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：9
出版社：S.S. Mishra
摘要：The purpose of this review is to provide the needed understanding of the obesity problem, introduce the use of Information Technology on obesity prediction and prevention, and describe current efforts in some areas of Information Technology with a brief review of journal papers. Related journal articles on obesity prediction a nd prevention by previous researchers were downloaded from various databases including IEEE, Science Direct, SpringerLink, SCOPUS etc., After the research papers were downloaded, there were categorized into five different areas of information technology which are: data mining & ANN, Bioinformatics, image processing, Geographic information system and web applications, then the review process sta rted. As a disease, obesity is complex and its solutions too are difficult. The epidemic of obesity needs to be tackled at several levels: the individual level, the community level, government level and to some ex tent in research & technology level. The review briefly discusses the obesity problem and risk factors for obesity. The five areas of information technology presented – data mining & ANN, bioinformatics, image processing, geographic information system and web applications are only some of active fields where research is in progress for obesity prediction and prevention. These areas each have their weaknesses and strengths. Further improvements of the techniques are necessary to fully resolve the obesity prediction problem. Some more areas of research are coming up in the field of information technology on obesity management. This review reminds the reader about co-morbidity of obesity and why it is important to prevent it. This review has shown tha t information technology can be used to successfully predict and prevent obesity to some extent; however interventions to tackle obesity such as improving diets and increasing physical activity can help reduce the obesity to great extent
关键词：epidemic; obesity; BMI; Information technology; data mining & ANN; Bioinformatics; image processing; ;Geographic information system; web applications
