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Quick poll: How many here think they eat healthy?

Quick poll: How many here think they eat healthy?. A 2011 poll shows 90 percent of Americans think they eat healthy. Though 68 percent of Americans are at least overweight, and nearly half of those people fall into the category of being obese

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Quick poll: How many here think they eat healthy?

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  1. Quick poll: How many here think they eat healthy?

  2. A 2011 poll shows 90 percent of Americans think they eat healthy

  3. Though 68 percent of Americans are at least overweight, and nearly half of those people fall into the category of being obese 79 percent of Americans rarely or never count calories 25 percent eat fast food regularly

  4. 68 percent of Americans are at least overweight, and nearly half of those people fall into the category of being obese

  5. Smart Noms Dining out made healthy By Alex Blavat | Dan Nguyen | Adrian Harding | Matt Song

  6. What are some consequences of eating unhealthy?

  7. Obesity

  8. Diabetes

  9. Heart Disease

  10. Cancer

  11. Premature death

  12. Eating unhealthy can also lead to… low self esteem depression sleep apnea weaker immune system

  13. It’s a problem…

  14. People eat unhealthy, knowingly or not

  15. People eat unhealthy, knowingly or not 1400 Calories 28g Saturated Fat

  16. Eating healthy is perceived as undesirable. we associate desirable foods with unhealthy ones

  17. Inconvenient | difficult People may lack the knowledge to eat healthy

  18. People are making poor dietary choices when eating out because it's easy - we are surrounded by unhealthy options

  19. But… There are healthy options when dining out. Encouraging people to branch out of their unhealthy eating habits is important.

  20. Past Solutions

  21. Solutions market = oversaturated

  22. (Zagat) (GrubHub) (Google Reviews) General solutions (Urbanspoon) (Zagat) (GrubHub) (Yelp) (Google Reviews)

  23. (VegOut) (Good Food Near You) (HappyCow) (Healthy Dining Finder) Specific solutions (HappyCow) (Good Food Near You) (VegOut) (Healthymap) (Healthy Dining Finder)

  24. Limited to New York City Problem 1: limited scope Limited to Vegetarian and Vegan

  25. Salsa is a meal? Only 1 filter. Not known for being healthy resturaunts Problem 2: inaccurate | useless results Not food.

  26. Problem 3: unpleasant to use "I really like using tiny, overlapping drop-pins on my already tiny phone!" - said nobody ever

  27. Our Solution

  28. Automatic Recommendations

  29. Heatmaps

  30. Gamification

  31. Gamification

  32. Gamification

  33. Achievement Unlocked! EVERYONE’S A CRITIC

  34. Target Users

  35. Proposed methods Surveys and interviews about eating habits Paper prototyping and direct observation to collect feedback on features that matter the most out of the application

  36. References • Berger, E. (2011, January 4). A whopping 90 percent of americans think they eat a healthy diet. SciGuy. Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/01/a-whopping-90-percent-of-americans-think-they-eat-a-healthy-diet/ • Chan, A. (2012, March 31). Junk Food Linked With Increased Depression Risk: Study. Huffington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/junk-food-depression_n_1392093.html • Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight? (2007, December). Weight-control Information Network. Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/health_risks.htm • Good Food Near You. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com/ • Google. (2013). Writing and Sharing Reviews. Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2622999 • GrubHub. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.grubhub.com • Happy Cow. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://happycow.net • Healthy Dining Finder. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.healthydiningfinder.com • Healthymap. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://healthymap.com • Trevor, C. (2011, April 20). The new google analytics available to everyone [Web log message]. Retrieved February 26, 2013 fromhttp://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-google-analytics-available-to.html • Urbanspoon. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.urbanspoon.com/ • VegOut. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.vegoutapp.com • Yelp. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from www.yelp.com/ • Zagat. (2013). Retrieved February 26, 2013 from http://www.zagat.com

  37. Questions?

  38. Clipart for Jon

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