Our society faces serious risks caused by people’s excessive food intake combined with lack of exercise. Medical issues such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure must be a top priority if we wish to successfully maintain our welfare state. Experts believe the solution to these health problems lies in preventive care; using behavioural intervention techniques to encourage people to take up physical exercise, improve their diet, and most importantly, to keep up their newly adopted positive behaviour. The project Sense Driven Coaching for Healthy Living uses sensor technology and ICT systems to monitor physical, mental and social well-being, and to stimulate people by giving them personalized and contextualized feedback in real time.

The project takes an integrated approach, combining widely available devices, such as smartphones and sports trackers to monitor physical, mental and social health. Currently available health trackers and coaching applications only track single aspects of health (weight, walking, diet) and give feedback based on static perimeters.