Unlike various countries and organisations, including the World Health Organisation and the
European Parliament, the United Kingdom does not formally recognise obesity as a disease …

Background Although the potential of big data analytics for health care is well recognized,
evidence is lacking on its effects on public health. Objective The aim of this study was to …

In recent years, the healthcare field welcomed an emerging field of practices captured under
the umbrella term 'Big Data'. This term is surrounded with positive rhetoric and promises …

Obesity is considered a principal public health concern and ranked as the fifth foremost
reason for death globally. Overweight and obesity are one of the main lifestyle illnesses that …

Big data is an emerging research area where common terminology is still evolving. Different
perspectives to the research area and terminology exist, but a common definition for big data …

Over the past decade, data recorded (due to digitization) in healthcare sectors have
continued to increase, intriguing the thought about big data in healthcare. There already …

Background Obesity is recognized by the World Health Organization as a chronic disease.
As such, it should be referred to using the language of chronic diseases, with correct and …

The emergence of powerful software has created conditions and approaches for large
datasets to be collected and analyzed which has led to informed decision-making towards …

Big Data promises to revolutionise the production of knowledge within and beyond science,
by enabling novel, highly efficient ways to plan, conduct, disseminate and assess research …

The main objective of this paper is to present a review of existing researches in the literature,
referring to Big Data sources and techniques in health sector and to identify which of these …