Hartman, Shaldon Ingmar (2022) Development of a measuring unit to detect poor eating habits in office workers for metabolic syndrome. Bachelor's Research Project, Life Science and Technology.
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Abstract
Today’s office workers seem to suffer increasingly from chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome (MetS). One of the main problems is that no method is present to accurately and adequately measure one of the main risk factors related to the development of MetS: poor eating habits. This project, therefore, aimed to develop a device that can monitor the frequency of eating and that can discriminate between healthier and unhealthier food types. To make this happen a piezoelectric sensor and microphone were attached to the throat to measure the movement of the muscles in the throat and sounds during chewing and swallowing. A prototype was made and tested with apples, bananas, waffle cake and cookies. The results showed that the prototype can discriminate between apples and cookies and between bananas and waffle cake during chewing and swallowing (p<0.05). Concluding that the concept and prototype have the potential to monitor and detect poor eating habits, further research and development are necessary to confirm this. With this conclusion, this research could help early detect development of metabolic syndrome, thereby preventing sick leave for employers and healthcare costs for society.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Research Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wilhelm, E. and Mokabber, T. |
| Degree programme: | Life Science and Technology |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Research Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2022 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2022 11:37 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/27483 |
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