Supporting family engagement in weight management

Nathalie Colineau, CSIRO ? ICT Centre Locked Bag 17 North Ryde, NSW 1670 Australia [e-mail] C?cile Paris CSIRO ? ICT Centre Locked Bag 17 North Ryde, NSW 1670 Australia [e-mail] Peter Marendy, CSIRO ? Tasmanian ICT Centre GPO Box 1538 Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia [e-mail] Dipak Bhandari, CSIRO ? Tasmanian ICT Centre GPO Box 1538 Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia [e-mail] Yanfeng Shu CSIRO ? Tasmanian ICT Centre GPO Box 1538 Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia [e-mail] As obesity is increasing in many countries, helping people manage their weight has become an important issue. Medical research has shown that the family context may be important to promote lifestyle changes. Our work aims at designing a collaborative environment to engage a family in support of an individual needing to manage his or her weight. This paper presents the first step in our iterative design process which aimed at collecting information about the needs of ov...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Cécile Paris, Dipak Bhandari, Nathalie Colineau, Peter Marendy, Yanfeng Shu
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Human Computer Interaction, ICT Centre GPO, Tas 7001 Australia, Tasmanian ICT Centre