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Thesis
CalCoop is a mouth-guard device that a person can wear anytime of the day. The mouth-guard is equipped with a small Arduino that will be connected to a CO2 monitor. This CO2 monitor will track your breath to the number of calories you need to burn before you start burning fat.
Abstract (The Problem and Solution)
We are in the process of developing something in our stem class this year that will benefit the world and create a device that people will be interested in buying. Our project is to help people track weight loss by just wearing a mouthguard. This mouth guard will track your CO2 output and determine the number of calories you need to burn to avoid storing fat. This device will be worn for only a day. Obesity is a form of being overweight and is defined as having a body mass index above or equal to 30. According to the CDC, In 2017–2018, the age-adjusted rate of obesity among adults in the United States was 42.4 percent. Younger adults aged 20–39 had a prevalence of 40.0 percent, middle-aged adults aged 40–59 had a prevalence of 44.8 percent, and older adults aged 60 and over had a prevalence of 42.8 percent.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db360.htm
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