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What Did You Eat Today?
A conceptual design by Cristina Cordova
Design ChallengeTo design a concept that motivates young
women to eat five vegetables per day
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Eating Veggies for Better HealthPersuasive Purpose To form a healthy daily habit by motivating women to increase
their vegetable intake.
Tracking Web App for Mobile Device Eating More Veggies
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Texting
Industrial Design
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User Description• The target user is a
• Stanford Student • Member of a housed sorority • All target users are in the same sorority and eat most
meals together on weekdays• All target users have a smart phone
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Jane & The Veggie App
Jane is coming back from class for lunch
Jane receives text telling her toeat her veggies at lunch
Jane opens her Veggie tracking app, a web app to track her veggie intake
Jane eats her meal as usual
Jane receives email at the end of the week with her veggie intake results
Jane checks off the vegetables she ate that day
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Prototype of The Sorority Woman & Her Sunscreen
Receive textEat Veggies
Interact with Veggie App
See data of veggies eaten throughout the week
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Features/Functionality
• Choosing women who already have access to healthy food cooked by a chef will lower the barrier to eating healthy food
• Ensuring the text arrives at meal times will ensure better eating habits at meals.
• Utilizing a mobile will keep the process on one technological device and provide a fun way to track behavior wherever the user goes
• Users love to apps. This process combines a health habit with what smart phone users love to interact with.
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Theoretical Justifications
• I chose these steps based on what several women surveyed prefer.
• Many want to be able to participate if they choose to eat at different locations for meals.
• Many women did not want many extra steps in eating routines - this design is just one step.
• Many women don’t want difficult forms or documents to fill out to ensure compliance. A quick check off app is simpler.
• Many women often forget to eat healthily regardless of their intentions. The text reminder will be added trigger and the survey will be a form of follow-up./
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Results of User Testing
• Will be added when research is completed.
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Shortcomings of Design
• Lunch and dinner times could be irregular.• Women may not want to use a smart phone
during or after meal times.• The design lacks a group-element. It could be
more effective if it is social.
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Expansion
• Other form factors or ID possibilitieso Placing reminder note around eating areas to serve as
additional reminder.
• Other features and interactionso More details about benefits of eating vegetables could provide
incentive.
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Next Steps in Design Process
• Announce research study on sorority mailing list. Alert women of benefits of eating veggies and the technological aspect!
• Contact those who seem interested and have smart phones.
• Get the eating schedules for participants.• Show women how to set the web app as a
button on their home screen or a bookmark.
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Summary
By using two triggers including:• Reminder text at wakeup time• A mobile and web app to track behavior
and convenience of use factors including• A one step web app• Healthy food and chef for the target audience
this research study will• form a healthy daily habit of eating vegetables!
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Evaluation of Design Project
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