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Commensality, the act of eating together, is commonly associated with many benefits. Dining solo, in contrast, is frequently connected to adverse effects on a person. There is a growing interest in human-computer interaction (HCI) and design in how ...

Smartphone applications that use passive sensing to support human health and well-being primarily rely on: (a) generating low-dimensional representations from high-dimensional data streams; (b) making inferences regarding user behavior; and (c) using ...

This article presents the design of a conversational agent whose goal is to coach people who wish to improve their food lifestyle. The data gathering method is easy and especially fast in order to simplify the life of the user. The goals are defined by ...

Emotion- and stressed-related eating (ESRE) is associated with weight management difficulties and is more likely to affect women than men. Additionally, health information technology (HIT) for weight management tends to be less effective for women than ...

In this work we study the feasibility and usability of an assistive food journaling system that sends users just-in-time reminders when unique hand gestures during food consumption are detected using a smartwatch. Our study shows that participants were ...

In this paper, we take the position that location and information derived from location adds value to health and wellness logs. Traditional health and wellness logs such as food and physical activity diaries do not include location information in a ...