Aplicativos para controle alimentar e prática de exercícios físicos utilizando as tecnologias de informação e comunicação e interação humano-computador

Abstract

The present work was built with the objective of analyzing the use of applications made possible by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the Human-Computer Interaction (IHC) techniques, in order to facilitate their control of food and exercise. This theme considered the social content that ICTs and IHC have today. The construction of this analysis was aimed at students from the Federal University of Ceará who were interested in performing physical activities and improving their eating habits with the aid of applications. The applied methodology was the Social Study allowing to know and interpret the social reality in which the people and the study applications were being inserted. The research was conducted within the context of students respecting their social space and lifestyle. Results were found that reflect how the contemporary lifestyle, the use of ICTs and IHC can interfere with eating and physical exercise among students.