Zusammenfassung
Success of weight loss programmes can be highly dependent on the provision of appropriate information. The guidance individuals should receive varies depending on their motivational state. If information systems were able to discern a user’s current stage of change and use this information to retrieve appropriate support strategies, this could greatly increase their impact on the implementation ...
Zusammenfassung
Success of weight loss programmes can be highly dependent on the provision of appropriate information. The guidance individuals should receive varies depending on their motivational state. If information systems were able to discern a user’s current stage of change and use this information to retrieve appropriate support strategies, this could greatly increase their impact on the implementation and maintenance of the behavioural changes necessary for successful weight loss. This PhD project explores the feasibility of predicting a person’s stage of change in the context of weight loss based on the personal information they share in their language. The goal of the project is to enable a conversational information system to provide the informational and motivational support the user is seeking at any given point of the change process. In this paper, we outline the proposed research plan and methodologies and describe expected challenges of the project.
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