Abstract:
Unhealthy eating habits and less physical activity had led to the growing number of obesity population and becoming a health problem in Malaysia. The objective of this study is to monitor the BMI index by using LabVIEW and to create a proper filing system. This monitoring system will use LabVIEW as the data processing and result display while Microsoft Excel will be used as the storing medium. This BMI monitoring system by using LabVIEW is user-friendly and provides real-time data storing. This system will the user height and weight based on the BMI categories and automatically stored the information such as time, date, name, age, BMI index, and category accordingly. Continuous BMI monitoring system will help the user to maintain and monitor their fitness by controlling their diet and increased the physical activity and it also can save government costs in health problems.
