The links between increased participation in Physical Activity (PA) and improvements in
health are well established. As this body of evidence has grown, so too has the search for …

This review focuses on the ability of different accelerometers to assess daily physical activity
as compared with the doubly labeled water (DLW) technique, which is considered the gold …

Background Recent technological advances in integrated circuits, wireless communications,
and physiological sensing allow miniature, lightweight, ultra-low power, intelligent …

Military personnel experience energy deficit (total energy expenditure higher than energy
intake), particularly during combat training and field exercises where exercising energy …

Monitoring of posture allocations and activities enables accurate estimation of energy
expenditure and may aid in obesity prevention and treatment. At present, accurate devices …

Energy requirements of military personnel (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines) have
been measured in garrison and in field training under a variety of climatic conditions. Group …

Electronic systems, devices and methods are provided to accurately measure both food
intake and physical activity in a subject. A device is provided to be placed on a subject which …

Obesity is now considered a global epidemic and is predicted to become the number one
preventive health threat in the industrialized world. Presently, over 60% of the US adult …

Accurate and reliable methods for assessing human physical activity energy expenditure
(PAEE) are informative and essential for understanding individual behaviors and quantifying …

In the context of tele-monitoring, great interest is presently devoted to physical activity,
mainly of elderly or people with disabilities. In this context, many researchers studied the …