New technologies such as mobile and wearables play a major role in the control of the epidemic of unhealthy lifestyles and chronic conditions in Qatar and beyond. This slides provide an overview of current trends and experiences in Qatar.

1. Sleep, Eat & Play: The Role of
Mobile & Wearable
Technologies for Health
Empowerment in Qatar
Luis Fernandez-Luque PhD
Qatar Computing Research
Institute - www.qcri.org
lluque@hbku.edu.qa

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Conflict of Interest
I am co-founder of Salumedia.com (Spanish Digital Health
Startup) and provided digital health advisory to
pharmaceutical companies and startups (e.g. Droobi
Health).

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Disclaimer
Views are my own and don't necesarily reflect the views of
my employer

4. Health at War
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Wearables, Mobile, Social Media and
Technology for (un) health promotion

5. Obesity in the World
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6. Smoking in the World
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QATAR: A total of
2,109 students aged
between 13-15: 15.7%
used tobacco, of which
22.8% were males
and 8.8% were
females. A total of
6.1% used
smokeless tobacco
https://www.moph.gov.qa/news/sch
-announces-global-youth-tobacco-
survey-results
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/tobacco/data-and-statistics
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7. Gamification - team/competition
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8. Gamification - Social Influence
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http://fastfood.trendolizer.com/2017/09/sneak-peek-
mcdonalds-cute-adventure-time-happy-meals.html

9. Gamification - surprise/levels
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10. Refreshing Wearables
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https://www.engadget.com/2014/07/02/grab-a-coke-and-a-shine-
misfits-coca-cola-red-shine/
http://www.chipchick.com/2014/07/coca-cola-shine-red.html
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11. Smoking 2.0
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http://moyamoya0701.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/03/03/
005342
https://sumahosupportline.com/iqos-app-ios/
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12. Vaccination Wars
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13. Qatar in the Frontline
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Technology for health promotion
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14. Obesity in the World
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15. Lets focus on the patient! Participatory Health
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UK Department of Health (2005) Self care - a real choice; self care support - a
practical option. http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/08/92/04100892.pdf
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16. A 360QS Health Lifestyle View
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Social Computing + Quantified Self = Sensing for Public Health
Non communicable Diseases
Influences and risk factors
Social Structure
(age, sex, ethnicity,
income)
Environmental
(Geolocation, housing,
weather, etc)
Lifestyle
(physical activity, diet,
psychosocial factors)
Physiological
(blood pressure,
diabetes, obesity)
Public Health Dashboard
Monitoring and visualization of public
health for expert use
Quantified Self 360
Tools for personal health tracking and
patient empowerment
Haddadi, Hamed, Ferda Ofli, Yelena
Mejova, Ingmar Weber, and Jaideep
Srivastava. "360-degree quantified
self." In Healthcare Informatics (ICHI),
2015 International Conference on, pp.
587-592. IEEE, 2015.
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Wearables, Mobile, Social
Media and Technology for
Tackling Obesity
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18. ICAN - Tackling Childhood Obesity
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Fernandez-Luque, Luis, et al. "Implementing 360° Quantified Self for childhood
obesity: feasibility study and experiences from a weight loss camp in Qatar." BMC
medical informatics and decision making 17.1 (2017): 37.
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19. ICAN - Tackling Childhood Obesity
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Fernandez-Luque, Luis, et al. "Implementing 360° Quantified Self for childhood
obesity: feasibility study and experiences from a weight loss camp in Qatar." BMC
medical informatics and decision making 17.1 (2017): 37.
Women used more the technology (both girls and
mothers)

20. ICAN - Tackling Childhood Obesity
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21. Wearables: Physical Activity & Sleep
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Taheri, S., and T. Arora. "Associations among late chronotype, body mass index
and dietary behaviors in young adolescents." International Journal of Obesity 39,
no. 1 (2015): 39.
(Dataset: 263 adolescents in UK)
“Later chronotype
young adolescents
are at risk of
increased BMI and
poorer dietary
behaviors.”
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22. Wearables: Physical Activity & Sleep
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Developed RAHAR (Robust Automated Human Activity
Recognition) algorithm and used it to predict sleep quality by
analyzing physical activity from wearable devices
Sathyanarayana, A., Joty, S., Fernandez-Luque, L., Ofli, F., Srivastava, J., Elmagarmid, A., Arora, T. and Taheri, S.,
2016. Sleep quality prediction from wearable data using deep learning. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(4).
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23. Wearables: Physical Activity & Sleep
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Sathyanarayana, A., Joty, S., Fernandez-Luque, L., Ofli, F., Srivastava, J., Elmagarmid, A., Arora, T. and Taheri, S.,
2016. Sleep quality prediction from wearable data using deep learning. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(4).

24. Wearables: Physical Activity & Sleep
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Sathyanarayana, A., Joty, S., Fernandez-Luque, L., Ofli, F., Srivastava, J., Elmagarmid, A., Arora, T. and Taheri, S.,
2016. Sleep quality prediction from wearable data using deep learning. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(4).

25. Wearables: Physical Activity & Sleep
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Predicting Sleep Quality using Physical Activity (Dataset: 97
adolescents in Qatar)
CNN had the highest specificity and sensitivity, and an overall area under the
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 0.9449, which was
46% better as compared with traditional logistic regression (0.6463)
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Sathyanarayana, A., Joty, S., Fernandez-Luque, L., Ofli, F., Srivastava, J., Elmagarmid, A., Arora, T. and Taheri, S.,
2016. Sleep quality prediction from wearable data using deep learning. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(4).

26. Wearables and Schools Physical Activity
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Zimmo, Lena, Abdulaziz Farooq, Fuad Almudahka, Izzeldin Ibrahim, and
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari. "School-time physical activity among Arab
elementary school children in Qatar." BMC pediatrics 17, no. 1 (2017): 76.
A total of 183
elementary school
children (86 boys and
97 girls) ages 6–12
years participated in this
study

27. Mobile and Weight Loss in Woman
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Mansar, S. L., Jariwala, S., Behih, N., Shahzad, M., & Anggraini, A. (2014).
Adapting a database of text messages to a mobile-based weight loss program:
the case of the middle East. International journal of telemedicine and
applications, 2014, 1.
Mansar, Selma Limam, Shashank Jariwala, Maahd Shahzad,
Aysha Anggraini, Nawal Behih, and Amna AlZeyara. "A
usability testing experiment for a localized weight loss mobile
application." Procedia Technology 5 (2012): 839-848.

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Wearables, Mobile, Social
Media and Technology for
Tackling Diabetes

29. Sleep and Diabetes Management
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Arora, T. and Taheri, S., 2015. Sleep optimization and diabetes control: a review of the
literature. Diabetes Therapy, 6(4), pp.425-468.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02660476http://jap.physiology.org/content/99/5/2008
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30. Preventing & Managing Diabetes: Droobi
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Preventing & Managing Diabetes: Droobi

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Preventing & Managing Diabetes: Droobi
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The Future in Now:
Wearables, Mobile, Social
Media and Technology for
Health in Qatar
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34. Usage of new technologies for health
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http://teenshealth.qatar.northwestern.edu/
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35. Usage of new technologies for health
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http://teenshealth.qatar.northwestern.edu/

36. Usage of new technologies for health
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http://teenshealth.qatar.northwestern.edu/
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37. Usage of new technologies for health
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http://teenshealth.qatar.northwestern.edu/

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What lies ahead?
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39. Qatar should take action, or buy data!
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40. Apptitis = App Explosion = Confusion
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/alf/200290221
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41. Apptitis = Quality? Safety? Cyber security
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Boulos, Maged N. Kamel, Ann C. Brewer, Chante
Karimkhani, David B. Buller, and Robert P. Dellavalle.
"Mobile medical and health apps: state of the art,
concerns, regulatory control and certification." Online
journal of public health informatics 5, no. 3 (2014): 229.
Blenner, Sarah R., Melanie Köllmer, Adam J.
Rouse, Nadia Daneshvar, Curry Williams, and
Lori B. Andrews. "Privacy policies of android
diabetes apps and sharing of health information."
Jama 315, no. 10 (2016): 1051-1052.

42. Integrating Initiatives -
Qatar Digital Health Living Lab?
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43. ‫شكر‬
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Luis Fernandez-Luque
Qatar Computing Research Institute
lluque@hbku.edu.qa
@luisluque
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