Mobile application for diabetes control in Qatar

In Qatar, the prevalence of diabetes is significantly high, therefore a lot of efforts have been made to control this epidemic. This paper presents a mobile application aims to assist diabetic people in Qatar to manage such chronic disease through glucose monitoring and diet management. Besides helping patients to log their data of glucose level and transmit them wirelessly to health care centers, more importantly, the application supports patients to manage their food consumption by providing them with advices about food items and their appropriateness to their personal conditions. The application utilizes concept of ontology to represent Qatari food items and their nutrition.

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