An integrated approach of diet and exercise recommendations for diabetes patients

Irshad Faiz*, Hamid Mukhtar, Sharifullah Khan

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Abstract

Diabetes is among one of the fastest growing disease all over the world. Controlled diet and proper exercise are considered as a treatment to control diabetes. However, food and exercise suggestions in existing solutions do not consider integrated knowledge from personal profile, preferences, current vital signs, diabetes domain, food domain and exercise domain. Furthermore, there is a strong correlation of diet and exercise. We have implemented an ontology based integrated approach to combine knowledge from various domains to generate diet and exercise suggestions for diabetics. The solution is developed as a Semantic Healthcare Assistant for Diet and Exercise (SHADE). For each domain (person, diabetes, food and exercise) we have defined separate ontology along with rules and then an integrated ontology combines these individual ontologies. Finally, diet recommendations are presented in the form of various alternative menus such that each menu is a healthy and balanced diet.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages537-542
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479966448
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 16th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2014 - Natal, Brazil
Duration: 15 Oct 201418 Oct 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2014

Conference

Conference2014 16th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2014
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityNatal
Period15/10/1418/10/14

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Diabetes
  • ontology
  • semantics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Information Management
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Health Informatics

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