FoodScrap: Promoting Rich Data Capture and Reflective Food Journaling Through Speech Input
Author(s): Yuhan Luo Young-Ho Kim Bongshin Lee Naeemul Hassan Eun Kyoung Choe Abstract: The factors influencing people’s food decisions, such as one’s mood and eating environment, are important information to foster self-reflection and to develop personalized healthy...
Barriers to and Facilitators for Using Nutrition Apps: Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework
Author(s): Laura Maria König Christiane Attig Thomas Franke Britta Renner Abstract: Background: Nutrition apps are effective in changing eating behavior and diet-related health risk factors. However, while they may curb growing overweight and obesity rates,...
Gamified Wearable Fitness Tracker for Physical Activity: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Author(s): Inje Cho Kyriaki Kaplanidou Shintaro Sato Abstract: Recently, gamified wearable fitness trackers have received greater attention and usage among sport consumers. Although a moderate amount of aerobic physical activity can significantly reduce the risk of...
Investigating Preferred Food Description Practices in Digital Food Journaling
Author(s): Lucas M. Silva Daniel A. Epstein Abstract: Journaling of consumed foods through digital devices is a popular self-tracking strategy for weight loss and eating mindfulness. Research has explored modalities, like photos and open-ended text and voice...
I/O Bits: User-Driven, Situated, and Dedicated Self-Tracking
Author(s): Kendra A. Wannamaker Sandeep Zechariah George Kollannur Marian Dörk Wesley Willett Abstract: We present I/O Bits, a prototype personal informatics system that explores the potential for user-driven and situated self-tracking. With simple tactile inputs and...
Beyond self-reflection: introducing the concept of rumination in personal informatics
Author(s): Elizabeth Victoria Eikey Clara Marques Caldeira Mayara Costa Figueiredo Yunan Chen Jessica L. Borelli Melissa Mazmanian Kai Zheng Abstract: Personal informatics tools can help users self-reflect on their experiences. When reflective thought occurs, it...
Need for Uniqueness and Word of Mouth in Disruptive Innovation Adoption: The Context of Self-Quantification
Author(s): Zhenzhen ZhaoMarie Haikel-ElsabehPatricia BaudierDamien RenardAlexander Brem Abstract: People can now monitor and quantify their daily life activities through quantified-self products, such as self-tracking devices. These types of products are invading the...
Self-E: Smartphone-Supported Guidance for Customizable Self-Experimentation
Author(s): Nediyana Daskalova Eindra Kyi Kevin Ouyang Arthur Borem Sally Chen Sung Hyun Park Nicole Nugent Jeff Huang Abstract: The ubiquity of self-tracking devices and smartphone apps has empowered people to collect data about themselves and try to self-improve....
The Technology-Mediated Reflection Model: Barriers and Assistance in Data-Driven Reflection
Author(s): Marit Bentvelzen Jasmin Niess Paweł W. Woźniak Abstract: Current personal informatics models consider reflection as an important stage in users’ journeys with trackers. However, these models describe reflection from a meta perspective and it remains unclear...
Seek: A Telehealth System for Preventing Age-Related Vision Loss Inspired by the Quantified Self
Author(s): Melissa M.F. Li Abstract: Applications of telehealth technologies have largely focused on management of chronic illnesses. However, the use of telehealth for preventative healthcare is becoming increasingly relevant as the aging population rapidly...