Studies: Inter-Architecture
Insight Series #8 Hacking Healthcare
Romy Yedidia
Studies: Inter-Architecture
‘internal motivation to lose weight’ and ‘self-motivation’ have been identified as predictors of successful weight control.”2 INTERVIEWS After concluding my personal ideas about obesity, I attended interviews with specialists that shed a new light about the topic. In an interview with Kees van Wijk (Physician Assistant internal medicine at Slotervaartziekenhuis) he agreed that a lack of motivation and passion in life are an important factor in solving obesity, but according to him, a healthy nutrition in reasonable amounts and exercise are the key towards healing obesity. He suggested designing a healing space for obese people where the actions and functions that occur there will be separated. He explained that obese people are chaotic by nature, and mix activities in life. For instance, going to the bedroom in order to sleep, while in reality keep dealing with the cell phone or watching televi-
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Insight Series #8 Hacking Healthcare
Romy Yedidia