Increased accessibility of these mobile technologies, including smartphones, personal digital assistants and touch pads (ultra-portable computers), has made them more feasible for use by researchers and health care service providers for monitoring health behavior, compliance and effectiveness of nutritional care and support.
August 29 leading researchers, practitioners and doctoral students met at AAU CPH to present recent advancements and discuss research directions.
The conference was organized by Aalborg University in cooperation with the University of Eastern Finland.
The opening address was made by Christine Antorini, past Danish Minister of education, MP and the president of the committee on research and education in the Danish parliament.
The conference context have been the projects of FoodServInSPIRe, Foodtura, Food4Growth and dVices4Food projects and with support from Obel foundation, Nordic Council of Ministers, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation and the Welfare Tech foundation.
Links:
Read the comments of Christine Antorinion after the conference at Facebook.
Additionally read the article "Fotos af patienternes tallerkener skal begrænse madspild på hospitaler".
Read the article "Forsker: Teknologi skal modvirke underernæring og madspild".