Project description
Smartphone app for eating disorders
Eating disorders affect around 20 million people in the EU. Often associated with problematic behaviours, such as self-starvation, bingeing and purging, their treatment typically includes a combination of psychotherapy and nutrition education. In this context, the EU-funded SmartEater project is developing an app to provide intelligent mobile logging of psychological and emotional states as well as eating behaviours, as a basis for interventions supporting individuals with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. To ensure high user adherence, the app asks users to repeatedly enter data on craving for foods, stress, and more. Applying machine learning algorithms, the app ‘learns’ from the user and predicts potentially problematic future eating behaviours for timely intervention.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionobesity
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Funding Scheme
ERC-POC - Proof of Concept GrantHost institution
5020 Salzburg
Austria
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Beneficiaries (2)
5020 Salzburg
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5412 Puch Bei Hallein
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