Eating activity recognition for health and wellness: A case study on Asian eating style

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an unobtrusive a method of daily life monitoring with a triaxial accelerometer embedded in a wrist band. The method recognizes each operation of the activities such as picking up food with chopsticks or eating steamed rice with a spoon and classifies the activities. We believe this method will contribute to the field of innovative health-promoting consumer electronics, which enables consumers to easily and accurately manage their daily life, especially eating activities, and consequently encourage to maintain healthier lifestyle.