A high-fibre personalised dietary advice given via a web tool reduces constipation complaints in adults

Constipation can greatly impact the quality of life (QoL), which can be relieved by dietary fibres; however, preserving a higher fibre intake remains a challenge. We investigated the effects of a personalised dietary advice (PDA) on fibre intake and mild constipation complaints. A total number of twenty-five adults with mild constipation...

Could 3D food printing help to improve the food supply chain resilience against disruptions such as caused by pandemic crises?

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a tremendous effect on the current food system. The situation urges us to face many issues never experienced before, aimed at mitigating a multitude of sanitary and social risks. The current pandemic has affected the food system in many ways: significant changes in dietary habits and in the health status...

Increasing dietary fibre intake in healthy adults using personalised dietary advice compared with general advice A single-blind randomised controlled trial

Objective: A high-fibre diet is associated with a lower risk for diseases. However, few adults meet the dietary fibre recommendation. Therefore, the effects and acceptance of an algorithm-generated personalised dietary advice (PDA) compared with general advice (GA) on fibre intake were investigated. Design: A 6-week, single-blind randomised...

360 degrees diagnosis of personalise lifestyle advice

Improving Individualized Thermal Exposure Warning and Advising Systems via User Feedback: Abstract

360 degrees diagnosis of personalise lifestyle advice: Abstract

Personalized Heat Warning: Alert and Advising Systems for improved Health: abstract

360 degrees diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes to personalise lifestyle advice in primary care: Poster

Poster Wednesday Session 3 (Policy & Practice, Research and Teaching)’, inclusief poster abstract.

Proposed guidelines to evaluate scientific validity and evidence for genotype-based dietary advice

Nutrigenetic research examines the effects of inter-individual differences in genotype on responses to nutrients and other food components, in the context of health and of nutrient requirements. A practical application of nutrigenetics is the use of personal genetic information to guide recommendations for dietary choices that are more...

Metabolomic biomarkers for personalised glucose lowering drugs treatment in type 2 diabetes

We aimed to identify metabolites to predict patients’ response to glucose lowering treatment during the first 5 years after detection of type 2 diabetes. Metabolites were measured by GC–MS in baseline samples from 346 screen-detected type 2 diabetes patients in the ADDITION-NL study. The response to treatment with metformin and/or sulphonylurea ...

Human-agent experience sharing: Creating social agents for elderly people with dementia

As intelligent technology steadily becomes a part of modern societies, people collaborate with agents more frequently, and so agents need to be socially intelligent, i.e. personalised and context-sensitive. This paper introduces a context-sensitive personalisation framework for social agents that facilitates the establishment of human-agent...

Designing a personal music assistant that enhances the social, cognitive, and affective experiences of people with dementia

Research shows that music with a strong personal meaning can enhance the social, cognitive, and affective experiences of both people with dementia (PwD) and their social environment. We applied a human-centred design method, called situated Cognitive Engineering, to develop the conceptual design and design rationale of the Music ePartner. The...

Personalised feedback and eco-driving: An explorative study

Conventional road transport has negative impact on the environment. Stimulating eco-driving through feedback to the driver about his/her energy conservation performance has the potential to reduce CO<inf>2</inf> emissions and promote fuel cost savings. Not all drivers respond well to the same type of feedback. Research has shown that different...

How reliable is internet-based self-reported identity, socio-demographic and obesity measures in European adults?

In e-health intervention studies, there are concerns about the reliability of internet-based, self-reported (SR) data and about the potential for identity fraud. This study introduced and tested a novel procedure for assessing the validity of internet-based, SR identity and validated anthropometric and demographic data via measurements performed...

An ontology for automated scenario-based training

An intelligent system for automated scenario-based training (SBT) needs knowledge about the training domain, events taking place in the simulated environment, the behaviour of the participating characters, and teaching strategies for effective learning. This knowledge base should be theoretically sound and should represent the information in a...

Personalisation of computational models of attention by simulated annealing parameter tuning

In this paper it is explored whether personalisation of an existing computational model of attention can increase the model's validity. Computational models of attention are for instance applied in attention allocation support systems and can benefit from this increased validity. Personalisation is done by tuning the model's parameters during a...

Towards personalized TV for concurrent use; unlocking the potential of IMS-based IPTV

Television (TV) is getting more personal. It went from a passive broadcast medium without any form of personalization or user identification, to subscription TV, interactive TV and now to IPTV, featuring an integrated return channel. IMS-based IPTV is a good example of a personalised IPTV architecture, featuring advanced identity management....