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Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies: Challenges to Concerns

Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies: Challenges to Concerns

Sandul Yasobant
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466698451|ISBN10: 1466698454|EISBN13: 9781466698468
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9845-1.ch042
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Yasobant, Sandul. "Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies: Challenges to Concerns." Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 889-907. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9845-1.ch042

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Yasobant, S. (2016). Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies: Challenges to Concerns. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 889-907). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9845-1.ch042

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Yasobant, Sandul. "Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies: Challenges to Concerns." In Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 889-907. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9845-1.ch042

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Abstract

Health promotion and the maintenance of the quality of life are realized recently. Advancement in technologies offer new possibilities for both the promotion of positive health behaviors that were unimaginable even a decade ago. Though promoting physical activity has been proven an important component of health promotion by many researchers, still a lot of efforts on how to improve physical activity being provided by group of researchers. Technology such as pedometers, accelerometers, and heart rate monitors have been used to promote physical activity for years. Newer technologies such as global positioning system (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), interactive video games, and persuasive technology, Internet-based physical activity interventions have been used recently to promote and change exercise behavior. This chapter seeks to provide a complete insight of technologies used to changing health behaviors especially physical health promotion and will take a forward to analyses all the issues while using these technologies and future research directions.

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