Enhancing recovery from eating and weight disorders using mHealth and psychological theory

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

• social sciences › psychology › psychotherapy
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › mobile phones

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Topic(s)

• ERC-2018-PoC - ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Call for proposal

ERC-2018-PoC
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Funding Scheme

ERC-POC - Proof of Concept Grant

Host institution

PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG

Address

Kapitelgasse 4-6
5020 Salzburg
Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 61 250

Beneficiaries (2)

PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG

Austria

EU contribution

€ 61 250

Address

Kapitelgasse 4-6
5020 Salzburg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

FACHHOCHSCHULE SALZBURG GMBH

Austria

EU contribution

€ 88 750

Address

Urstein Sued 1
5412 Puch Bei Hallein

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments