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Smart city war on fat

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  • Cristina SICLOVAN

    (Faculty of Sociology, SNSPA)

Abstract
The increasing incidence of obesity in our country and the emergence of disease at younger age, in children and adolescents, led the Ministry of Health to initiate, starting with October 2008, a program to combat this scourge. The National Health Insurance House (CNAS) carried out this program through the expert committee over 8 years and we want to know if the program has achieved its purpose and which was the compliance to the treatment of the patients included in the program? We wanted to highlight the fact that the various tools of modern technology are useful in fighting obesity but not enough. Despite the interest shown by the governments and scientists in various areas of obesity, the success in fighting this disease is very modest. The present paper attempts to formulate some hypotheses regarding the low compliance of these patients to treatment. These are children and adults with morbid obesity, with difficulty in traveling, with low self?esteem and feelings of fear related to the reaction of others. They have problems of communication with: family, teachers, friends, medical staff, authorities etc. All this contributes to the endless cycle of dissatisfaction, lack of hope and lack of control of one s own life. Excessive eating hidden many dysfunctional thoughts. We analyzed the results of The Slimming Program and formulated some assumptions about the modest results obtained by obese patients in the complex weight loss process. In addition, we listed some advanced technical solutions for the permanent monitoring of the health of these patients, without having to travel to various sanitary units. Communication and permanent support for patients with obesity in the complicated process of slimming, especially from family and medical staff, are essential to the success of any action in this regard.

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  • Cristina SICLOVAN, 2017. "Smart city war on fat," Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC) Proceedings, Smart-EDU Hub, Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies & Public Administration, vol. 5, pages 109-113, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:pop:procee:v:5:y:2017:p:109-113
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    Keywords

    obesity; BMI; compliance; modern technology;
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    JEL classification:

    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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