translated from Spanish: Technological developments that help to get out of the sedentary lifestyle

According to the latest National Health Survey, Chile ranks as the country with the highest rate of overweight in the OECD, surpassing Mexico (72.5%) and the United States (71%), thanks to its sad 74.2%, a figure that could be worse: 86.7% of Chileans declare themselves sedentary according to the same study, a situation that in the pandemic has worsened, given the quarantine.
How can we improve the figures? Technology helps.
Active pauses
Aictive is a software that seeks to motivate the realization of active breaks during work, both in office and in telework mode, and supported by the 3IE Institute of the USM and Corfo.
Here the active breaks seek to get the user out of sedentary lifestyle with routines of between 10-15 minutes available in an AM and PM day, added to a ranking of scores according to performance.
“The initiative was born in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic where, as a kinesiologist, I had to see patients remotely. The development of this tool allowed us not only to solve the problems faced by the health area, but we are working to make the human movement a tool for transversal use”, explains Magdalena Poblete, CEO of Aictive.
The software also has a new line of exercises designed for the elderly called Senior Fitness in order to meet the needs of various age groups and physical conditions.
Awards for moving
MUVU is an application that gives you scores and rewards you for being on the move in a non-invasive way. Through a profile with basic information, the app rewards how active you are during the week with issues as varied as discounts on yoga classes, books, psychological consultations, healthy drinks and groceries, remote workouts, wardrobe, among others.
And it works. A study comparing the movement of its users in the quarantine of 2020 with those of 2021 reflected that 4.3% increased their physical activity encouraged by the implementation of the time slot for exercises, where the main actions were jogging and cycling.
“This increase is particularly given by people who are accustomed to doing physical activity on a regular basis, classified in the APP and by the WHO as ‘active people’. These maintained their level or lowered it less than in the last quarantine, “explains the CEO of MUVU, Monica Rau.
Despite a slight increase in physical activity in one year, the latest IPSOS international survey “Diet and health under Covid-19”, indicates that Chile is the country that reduced its physical activity the most in the world, with 33% of the population claiming to have decreased it, and the second country that gained the most weight , with 55% who said they had increased in kilos.
What about diet?
Along with moving very little, a poor diet also contributes to weight gain and some alterations in health.
That’s why many people take measures about it, such as the so-called Keto or Ketogenic diet.
“This eating system invites us to decrease the amount of carbohydrates, since these are the culprits of obesity levels, in addition to contributing negatively in certain chronic noncommunicable diseases, since they increase body inflammation”, defines María Jesús Rivero, clinical nutritionist (MSc) and research professor in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism of the Low Carb Chile Foundation.
Currently the consumption per person of carbohydrates exceeds 200 grams per day, which is a very high intake for the low mobility that the population has.
The above, calls to perform a series of medical examinations to know how our body is, for the same reason the doctor and surgeon Hernando Diocaretz, also founder of the health platform that allows to download orders of medical examinations, Quieromiexamen.cl explains the need for these analyses.
“They are necessary to know what the state of health is at the time of starting the feeding plan. Then you have to do a check at 2 or 3 months to see the changes, which are always positive in the metabolism and cardiovascular system. Everything related to insulin resistance is corrected and can be eliminated, as well as the decrease in triglycerides and cardiovascular risk, “explains the health professional.

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