Big Data Against Childhood Obesity, the BigO Project

Abstract

BigO (bigoprogram.eu) is an EU-funded project that collects objective evidence on the causes of obesity in local communities and helps public health authorities design effective counter obesity interventions. A novel technological platform is being built relying on mobile devices and sensors for data acquisition combined with big data analytics and visualization. During the 4 year project duration the BigO platform will be used by 9000 school and age-matched obese children and adolescents as sources for community data. Led by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the project brings together schools, health and clinical scientists, technology providers, personal health solutions businesses and mobile communication providers in Greece, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands.