PEGASO Companion: A Mobile App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents

Maurizio Caon; Stefano Carrino; Laura Condon; Antonio Ascolese; Sara Facchinetti; Marco Mazzola; Paolo Perego; Filip Velickovski; Giuseppe Andreoni; Elena Mugellini

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 6th International Conference, MobiHealth 2016, Milan, Italy, November 14-16, 2016, Proceedings

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PEGASO Companion: A Mobile App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents

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    author={Maurizio Caon and Stefano Carrino and Laura Condon and Antonio Ascolese and Sara Facchinetti and Marco Mazzola and Paolo Perego and Filip Velickovski and Giuseppe Andreoni and Elena Mugellini},
    title={PEGASO Companion: A Mobile App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents},
    proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 6th International Conference, MobiHealth 2016, Milan, Italy, November 14-16, 2016, Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
    year={2017},
    month={6},
    keywords={Obesity prevention Persuasive technology Gamification Behaviour change},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_7}
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Maurizio Caon
Stefano Carrino
Laura Condon
Antonio Ascolese
Sara Facchinetti
Marco Mazzola
Paolo Perego
Filip Velickovski
Giuseppe Andreoni
Elena Mugellini
Year: 2017
PEGASO Companion: A Mobile App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_7

Maurizio Caon¹^,*, Stefano Carrino¹, Laura Condon², Antonio Ascolese³, Sara Facchinetti⁴, Marco Mazzola⁵, Paolo Perego⁶, Filip Velickovski⁷, Giuseppe Andreoni⁶, Elena Mugellini¹

1: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
2: University of Nottingham
3: Imaginary SRL
4: Lombardia Informatica SPA
5: Neosperience SPA
6: Politecnico di Milano
7: Technology Centre of Catalonia

*Contact email: maurizio.caon@hes-so.ch

Abstract

Promoting healthy lifestyles can be a successful weapon in counter-fighting the epidemics of overweight and obesity. The PEGASO project aims at encouraging adolescents to become co-creators of their own health. In particular, it aims at creating an ecosystem where adolescents are motivated and supported in adopting healthy lifestyles. In this ecosystem, the PEGASO Companion, a smartphone app, plays the role of universal access to healthy services and providing personalised mechanisms to support behaviour change.

Keywords: Obesity prevention Persuasive technology Gamification Behaviour change

Published: 2017-06-05
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_7