Proposal for the Development of a Wearable Lifestyle Monitoring Device

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Proposal for the Development of an a Wearable Lifestyle Monitoring Device
Part I
According to the research that has been conducted, it has been established that the
modern-day society has been facing many challenges. One of the major issues of concern to the
society today, therefore, is the rampancy f lifestyle diseases. The changing trends in sedentary
life has exposed people to numerous lifestyle diseases such as obesity, overweight, diabetes, and
other cardiovascular ailments like heart attack. These are major problems that are attributed to
physical inactivity and poor dieting.
The problem of lifestyle diseases has been compounded by many factors including
globalization and culture. Culture has played a role because it has tolerated the practice of
physical inactivity and made it a common and acceptable practice. Laziness has become normal
because activities like the use of motor vehicles and lack of engagement in physical exercises
have become the order of the day (Ness-Jensen 177). Globalization is also to blame because it
has spread the ideas of the fast food, junk foods, and ready-to-eat food products. Globalization ha
also intensified the problem by encouraging people especially children to spend lots of time
watching the Television (TV) and playing video games instead of engaging in outdoor activities
(Wang, Zheng and Ting 201).