健康硬币:使用加密货币降低海湾合作委员会国家高肥胖率的pHealth解决方案

Hessah A. Alsalamah, Shorog Nasser, Shada Alsalamah, Albatoul I. Almohana, A. Alanazi, Fay Alrrshaid
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肥胖被认为是慢性和非传染性疾病的主要原因之一;这些疾病包括糖尿病、心血管疾病和癌症。阿拉伯海湾合作委员会(GCC)人口的肥胖患病率是世界其他地区的三倍,这使得该地区的医疗保健提供者别无选择,只能提供持续和可持续的医疗保健服务。对政府来说,预防肥胖比提供治疗更经济。预防肥胖是具有挑战性的,因为它需要激励个人过一种健康的生活方式。个人健康(pHealth)最近积极参与寻找鼓励健康生活的解决办法。然而,pHealth并没有解决缺乏维持健康生活计划愿望的高比例人群的问题,这可能对旨在减少肥胖流行率的努力产生负面影响。这项研究揭示了海湾合作委员会各国政府在使用pHealth降低高肥胖率方面面临的挑战;我们提出了一个解决方案,健康硬币,它结合了先进的技术来帮助政府降低高肥胖率。健康硬币有两个组成部分:一个使用可穿戴物联网(WIoT)来帮助患者通过跟踪他们的身体活动和饮食来管理他们的行为,另一个使用区块链技术来帮助医疗支付者通过奖励可以兑换真实商品和服务的数字硬币来激励患者保持健康的生活计划。海湾合作委员会各国政府采用健康硬币可以以无缝、安全和自我激励的方式改善肥胖患者的生活质量,从而创造更健康的明天,特别是在全球社会距离运动充满挑战的时代。
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Wholesome Coin: A pHealth Solution to Reduce High Obesity Rates in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Using Cryptocurrency
Obesity is considered one of the leading causes of chronic and noncommunicable diseases; these include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. The obesity prevalence is threefold higher in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) population than the rest of the world and leaves healthcare providers within the region with no alternative than to offer continuous and sustainable healthcare services. Obesity prevention would be more economical for governments than providing treatment. Preventing obesity is challenging because it requires motivating individuals to live a healthy lifestyle. Personal health (pHealth) has recently been actively involved in finding solutions to encourage healthy living. However, pHealth does not address the high percentage of people lacking the desire to maintain healthy living plans, which could have a negative effect on attempts aimed at reducing obesity prevalence. This study sheds light on the challenges faced by the GCC governments in reducing high obesity rates using pHealth; we propose a solution, Wholesome Coin, which incorporates advanced technologies to help governments reduce high obesity rates. Wholesome Coin has two components: one uses wearable IoT (WIoT) to help patients manage their behavior by tracking their physical activities and diet, and the other utilizes blockchain technology to help healthcare payers to incentify patients to maintain a healthy living plan by awarding digital coins that can be redeemed for real goods and services. GCC governments’ adoption of Wholesome Coin could improve the quality of life of obese patients in a seamless, secure, and self-motivated manner, resulting in a healthier tomorrow, especially amid challenging times featuring global social distance campaigns.
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