The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Obesity Risk Prediction and Management: Approaches, Insights, and Recommendations

Medicina, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 61(2), P. 358 - 358

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Greater than 650 million individuals worldwide are categorized as obese, which is associated with significant health, economic, and social challenges. Given its overlap leading comorbidities such heart disease, innovative solutions necessary to improve risk prediction management strategies. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) have emerged powerful tools in healthcare, offering novel approaches chronic disease prevention. This narrative review explores the role of AI/ML obesity management, a special focus on childhood obesity. We begin by examining multifactorial nature obesity, including genetic, behavioral, environmental factors, limitations traditional predict treat morbidity Next, we analyze techniques commonly used risk, particularly minimizing risk. shift application comparing perspectives from healthcare providers versus patients. From provider's perspective, offer real-time data electronic medical records, wearables, health apps stratify patient customize treatment plans, enhance clinical decision making. patient's AI/ML-driven interventions personalized coaching long-term engagement management. Finally, address key challenges, determinants embracing while our recommendations based literature review.

Language: Английский

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Gamified Health Promotion in Schools: The Integration of Neuropsychological Aspects and CBT—A Systematic Review

Medicina, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 60(12), P. 2085 - 2085

Published: Dec. 19, 2024

Background and Objectives: This systematic review examines the integration of gamified health promotion strategies in school settings, with a focus on their potential to positively influence behaviors promote well-being among adolescents. study explores incorporation cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), artificial intelligence, neuropsychological principles interventions, aiming enhance engagement effectiveness. Materials Methods: A narrative synthesis 56 studies, following PRISMA guidelines, underscores significant impact these interventions mental outcomes, emphasizing reductions anxiety, depression, burnout while improving coping skills lifestyle habits. The key areas emotional regulation, flexibility, adherence mechanisms is explored through quantitative qualitative syntheses underscore intervention effectiveness design principles. Results: highlights high-quality evidence supporting use gamification educational settings calls for further research optimize elements address implementation barriers. findings propose that well-designed can effectively engage students, healthy behaviors, improve acknowledging need studies explore underlying long-term effects. Conclusions: Gamified embed CBT are promising promoting schoolchildren. Although indicates they effective psychological needed features overcome challenges ensure wider more sustainable application.

Language: Английский

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Time to act on childhood obesity: the use of technology

Frontiers in Pediatrics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 16, 2024

Childhood obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide and there an urgent need to implement treatment prevention programs. Over the last decade, in addition rates of childhood obesity, we have also observed rapid technological digital development. The Covid-19 pandemic has largely contributed both expansions but allowed opening towards a broader vision medicine, through new therapeutic opportunities such as mobile healthcare. delivery programs can represent innovative tool support children families overcome some limitations barriers accessibility that prevent them from adopting healthy lifestyle changes. This review aimed summarize impact different interventions for adolescent affected by obesity.

Language: Английский

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The Association of Serum Uric Acid Levels and Various Uric Acid-Related Ratios with Insulin Resistance and Obesity: A Preliminary Study in Adolescents

Children, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(9), P. 1493 - 1493

Published: Aug. 31, 2023

Studies have shown that serum uric acid levels and acid-related ratios, such as acid-to-albumin ratio (UAR), acid-to-creatinine (UCR), acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) (UHR), acid-to-lymphocyte (ULR), are associated with various diseases their complications, these ratios can be used biomarkers. In the current study, we aimed to investigate in obese adolescents relationship of insulin resistance obesity for first time literature.A total 100 (60 40 healthy) aged 10-17 years were retrospectively included. Participants assigned two groups: group healthy control group. Obesity was defined a body mass index (BMI) >the 95th percentile age gender. Demographic laboratory data (serum glucose, urea, creatinine, acid, albumin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine (ALT), C-reactive protein (CRP), cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free T4 (fT4), levels, complete blood count) obtained from information management system. A homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR), low-density (LDL cholesterol), calculated.Uric UAR, UCR, UHR significantly higher than (p < 0.05). We found HOMA-IR positively correlated UHR. No correlation between BMI or ratios. did not find any difference groups terms ULR HOMA-IR.High obesity. Furthermore, resistance.

Language: Английский

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Improved Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration After an 8-Week Exergaming Intervention for Exercise Training Among Elementary Schoolchildren in Taiwan

Children, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 180 - 180

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of an 8-week exergaming intervention for exercise training on sleep quality and duration among elementary schoolchildren in Taiwan. A randomized controlled trial design was employed, with 68 (aged 10.76 ± 0.49 years) recruited randomly assigned either experimental group (n = 35) or a control 33). participated training; this comprised three sessions per week consisting rounds session, each round lasting 1 min. did not receive any maintained their regular daily routines. All participants provided information demographic characteristics anthropometric measurements completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire at both pre-test (baseline) post-test (week 8) assessments. After 8 weeks intervention, showed significant reduction PSQI global score (6.17 2.96 vs. 4.80 1.97, p < 0.0001). change significantly greater than (-1.37 1.97 -0.27 1.89, 0.022). Additionally, demonstrated longer compared (505.15 53.16 480.51 54.13, 0.047). Overall, findings indicate beneficial response exergaming, reporting improved as result engaging times weeks, one-minute session. Therefore, it appears that may be effective method improving certain aspects children between 10 12 years age.

Language: Английский

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Digital tools’ effectiveness on physical activity practice in healthy children and adolescents: an umbrella review within the DigitAl Lifelong pREvention (DARE) project (Preprint)

Published: April 11, 2025

Children and adolescents do not meet the current guidelines for physical activity (PA). Interventions aimed at increasing their PA have been worldwide implemented through use of different digital tools, but a clearer view effectiveness is needed. The present review to summarize evidence on characteristics approaches used increase in healthy schoolchildren aged 6-17. A systematic reviews meta-analyses (MAs) that collected randomized controlled trials (RCTs), hereafter referred as an umbrella review, was performed. PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Meta-Analysis Protocols) checklist followed. Papers published between 2018 2023 were searched SCOPUS PubMed/MEDLINE databases, using combination terms addressing type tool (such apps, wearables, social media, messaging, exergames, or web coaching), main outcomes related PA, outcomes. Eligibility criteria included MAs targeted people (including overweight obese people) 6-17 years, comparison with any other intervention no intervention. methodological quality assessed AMSTAR 2 tool. Results study efficacy are summarized presented frequencies, chi-square test reveal significant differences studies relation efficacy. total 41 reviews/MAs 61 RCTs considered detailed analysis. overall moderate poor. Main moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) (59.0%) steps (34.4%); around half also sedentary behaviors (SB) such sitting screening time. 63.9% interventions effective partially one more PA/SB With regard MVPA, higher rates found wearables device component delivery (100%) web-based tools (61.5%). Step counts increased computer, tablet iPod delivery, text wearable components (100%). For SB outcomes, (100%), (70.0%) mix (60.0%). In general, conducted American Asian populations showed rates, than those from Europe Australia/New Zealand. large heterogeneity among analyzed RCTs. Authors recommend rigor future aiming children tools. PROSPERO, registration number CRD42024510602, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42024510602

Language: Английский

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From Controller to Screen: A Narrative Review of Video Games in Medicine

Cureus, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 21, 2025

Video games have become a global phenomenon in modern society as means of entertainment, social interaction, and stress relief. Although they are often associated with negative effects, such lack productivity sedentary lifestyle, research on video displays potential benefits everyday life medical training. This narrative review provides an overview their contributions to relief, surgical dexterity, cardiovascular health the context education general wellness. To conduct this study, comprehensive literature search was performed utilizing PubMed Google Scholar, placing emphasis studies that discussed society, medicine, association health. The following terms were included: "video medicine," mental health," surgery," more. Exclusion criteria for included papers not written native English language case reports due inherently small sample sizes. show promise relieving increasing cognition, improving dexterity hand-eye coordination, They pose implementation improve wellness trainees. Despite societal implications games, there is evidence provide help hone skills needed medicine. By reducing stress, preventing long-term disease, tap into factors from which all people, especially physicians trainees, can benefit from.

Language: Английский

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Assessing the relationship between digital technology use and physical health, fitness, and exercise levels among Chinese youth: The moderating effect of parental monitoring

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(6), P. e0324705 - e0324705

Published: June 4, 2025

The study investigates how digital media use, parental supervision, and attitudes towards physical activity influence young Chinese individuals’ health exercise levels. Concerns over the impacts of increasing technology use among teenagers have spurred extensive research. However, specific roles supervision personal in mitigating or exacerbating these effects remain unclear. sample comprises 827 youth from diverse geographical locations. Regression analyses highlight significant predictors levels, including (β = 0.35, p < 0.001), social 0.22, 0.003), online gaming 0.19, 0.011), educational 0.29, monitoring 0.47, 0.50, 0.001). Additionally, result illustrates that moderate relationship between usage levels (Indirect Effect 0.12, 0.003). moderation analysis shows gaming, exhibit interactions with monitoring, indicating can mitigate risks associated device usage.These findings underscore crucial role involvement adolescent use.

Language: Английский

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The Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Enjoyment in Children: A Six-Month Intervention Study

Children, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(10), P. 1172 - 1172

Published: Sept. 26, 2024

Physical inactivity in children can lead to decreased physical fitness and reduced enjoyment of activity. This study aimed evaluate the impact exergaming on fitness, body composition perceived elementary school children.

Language: Английский

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Impacto de los videojuegos activos en conductas sedentarias en niños en edad escolar (Impact of active video games on sedentary behaviors in school-age children)

Retos, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 55, P. 804 - 815

Published: April 29, 2024

En el panorama contemporáneo, los videojuegos han evolucionado de simples pasatiempos a formas entretenimiento interactivas y envolventes que abarcan una amplia gama géneros plataformas. Sin embargo, esta evolución también ha suscitado preocupaciones sobre aumento las conductas sedentarias entre niños en edad escolar, lo podría contribuir problemas salud como la obesidad infantil otras enfermedades relacionadas con estilo vida. El objetivo este estudio fue establecer impacto activos escolar institución educativa peruana. es enfoque cuantitativo se adoptó un diseño no experimental, tipo aplicada nivel explicativo. La muestra seleccionada mediante muestreo probabilístico intencional, compuesto por 121 estudiantes segundo, tercero cuarto grado primaria peruana padres familia. Para recoger datos utilizó cuestionario. Los resultados indican que, uso alcanzó 39.67% (48) participantes presentaron medio. Respecto variable conducta sedentaria, encontró 45.45% (55) bajo. Se concluye al examinar coeficiente regresión lineal R, sitúa 0.274, comprueba tienen del 27.4% sedentarias. Palabras clave: activos, sedentarias, actividad física, interacción social, salud. Abstract. In the contemporary landscape, video games have evolved from simple pastimes to interactive and immersive forms of entertainment that span wide range genres platforms. However, this development has also raised concerns about increase in sedentary behaviors among school-age children, which could contribute health problems such as childhood obesity other lifestyle diseases. The objective study was establish impact active on children Peruvian educational institution. quantitative approach non-experimental design, applied explanatory level, adopted. sample selected through intentional non-probabilistic sampling, composed second, third fourth grade students institution their parents. questionnaire used collect data. results indicate use reached participants presented medium level. Regarding behavior variable, it found low It is concluded when examining linear regression coefficient stands at an behaviors. Keywords: games, behaviors, physical activity, social interaction, health.

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