Low impact physical activities for reducing risk of cholesterol and fat metabolism disorders in overweight people

A method performed by an apparatus comprising:

• continuously registering acceleration maximum values induced by a physical activity of a person using an accelerometer of the apparatus, where the apparatus is carried by the person during day activities, the person being overweight and having an abnormal blood sugar;
• storing the registered acceleration maximum values in a memory of the apparatus;
• determining selected acceleration maximum values out of the stored registered acceleration maximum values which are within at least one preset acceleration range corresponding to a low intensity physical activity comprising slow walking of said overweight person with a speed below 5 km/hour, the at least one preset acceleration range being below 1.1 g and having a lower limit value and a high limit value, as executed by a processor of the apparatus using computer program instructions stored in the memory;
• calculating a number of daily steps of the person based on the selected acceleration maximum values, where one step corresponds to one selected acceleration maximum value, as executed by the processor of the apparatus using the computer program instructions stored in the memory;
• comparing a total number of steps for a predetermined period of time comprising one or more days or an average number of steps per day with a predefined threshold level, as executed by the processor of the apparatus using the computer program instructions stored in the memory;
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• providing a recommendation for the person, based on the determining and the comparing, to a display of the apparatus or to a wireless device associated with the person and communicating with the apparatus for presenting the recommendation on a screen of the wireless device, about maintaining or modifying the low intensity physical activity of the person including at least a required number of steps per day corresponding to slow walking of the person with the speed below 5 km/hour, in order to reduce a risk of disorders of sugar, blood cholesterol and fat metabolism of the person, as executed by the processor of the apparatus using the computer program instructions stored in the memory.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining code for:

• continuously registering acceleration maximum values induced by a physical activity of a person using an accelerometer of the apparatus, where the apparatus is carried by the person during day activities, the person being overweight and having an abnormal blood sugar;
• storing the registered acceleration maximum values in a memory of the apparatus;
• determining selected acceleration maximum values out of the stored registered acceleration maximum values which are within at least one preset acceleration range corresponding to a low intensity physical activity comprising slow walking of said overweight person with a speed below 5 km/hour, the at least one preset acceleration range being below 1.1 g and having a lower limit value and a high limit value;
• calculating a number of daily steps of the person based on the selected acceleration maximum values, where one step corresponds to one selected acceleration maximum value;
• comparing a total number of steps for a predetermined period of time comprising one or more days or an average number of steps per day with a predefined threshold level;
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• providing a recommendation for the person, based on the determining and the comparing, to a display of the apparatus or to a wireless device associated with the person and communicating with the apparatus for presenting the recommendation on a screen of the wireless device, about maintaining or modifying the low intensity physical activity of the person including at least a required number of steps per day corresponding to slow walking of the person with the speed below 5 km/hour, in order to reduce a risk of disorders of sugar, blood cholesterol and fat metabolism of the person, as executed by the processor of the apparatus using the computer program instructions stored in the memory.