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How to stay allergy free!

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This document discusses the challenges faced by David, a college student with many food allergies, in eating healthy on campus. It outlines five main problems: 1) David loves food but most of what he loves makes him sick; 2) David lacks accountability in his food choices; 3) David is lazy and does not want to put in much effort; 4) David lacks knowledge of ingredient lists; and 5) David is forgetful. It then provides solutions to each problem, such as using apps to look up ingredients and schedule reminders to eat healthy, in order to help David achieve his goal of eating healthier.

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Eating healthier with food allergiesYin Yin Wu
Eating healthy on campus is hard enough…The big question: How can a busy college student with severe food allergies eat healthier on campus with the limited options?Meet David: college age, limited access to eateries on campus, iphone user, busy schedule, avid technology user, wants to eat healthier What he can’t eat: chocolate, milk, peanuts, all fruits, all vegetables, ice cream, coconut, and the list goes on… Our Challenge: Make it easy for David to eat healthy
Problem 1: David loves foodDavid loves good food. The problem is that he gets sick is he eats most of what he loves. To keep David on track, we need to find good local digs that have food he can eat. Solution: Aardvark is a gmail-chat based q&a site. David can ask a question that’s answered by a local person. The information is highly personalized and relevant. Good sites for collective general information, but doesn’t provide David with information that’s specifically relevant to him
Problem 2: David lacks accountabilityWhy it works: Blippy tweets everything you buy to your social graph. For David, Blippyis forced accountability. Everthing he buys will be passively tweeted so that his friends can hold him accountable for making healthy food choices.
Problem 3: David is lazyDavid wants to do minimal work to become healthy. He knows his motivation will drop if being healthy takes a lot of effort. iEatOut allows David to pick restaurants based on his allergies. He selects the foods he’s allergic to, and iEatOut automatically displays the local restaurant options he has.
Problem 4: David lacks knowledgeDavid doesn’t know the ingredient list of all the foods that he eats. He needs an easy way to look up the common ingredients so that he can avoid his allergies. Solution: iPhone applications. David always has his iPhone on him. By downloading a few applications, he can easily check the ingredients list. iPhone Apps that help David manage his allergiesAllergy Companion NoPeanut
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How to stay allergy free!

  • 1. Eating healthier with food allergiesYin Yin Wu
  • 2. Eating healthy on campus is hard enough…The big question: How can a busy college student with severe food allergies eat healthier on campus with the limited options?Meet David: college age, limited access to eateries on campus, iphone user, busy schedule, avid technology user, wants to eat healthier What he can’t eat: chocolate, milk, peanuts, all fruits, all vegetables, ice cream, coconut, and the list goes on… Our Challenge: Make it easy for David to eat healthy
  • 3. Problem 1: David loves foodDavid loves good food. The problem is that he gets sick is he eats most of what he loves. To keep David on track, we need to find good local digs that have food he can eat. Solution: Aardvark is a gmail-chat based q&a site. David can ask a question that’s answered by a local person. The information is highly personalized and relevant. Good sites for collective general information, but doesn’t provide David with information that’s specifically relevant to him
  • 4. Problem 2: David lacks accountabilityWhy it works: Blippy tweets everything you buy to your social graph. For David, Blippyis forced accountability. Everthing he buys will be passively tweeted so that his friends can hold him accountable for making healthy food choices.
  • 5. Problem 3: David is lazyDavid wants to do minimal work to become healthy. He knows his motivation will drop if being healthy takes a lot of effort. iEatOut allows David to pick restaurants based on his allergies. He selects the foods he’s allergic to, and iEatOut automatically displays the local restaurant options he has.
  • 6. Problem 4: David lacks knowledgeDavid doesn’t know the ingredient list of all the foods that he eats. He needs an easy way to look up the common ingredients so that he can avoid his allergies. Solution: iPhone applications. David always has his iPhone on him. By downloading a few applications, he can easily check the ingredients list. iPhone Apps that help David manage his allergiesAllergy Companion NoPeanut
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  • 11. e-Agent Asthma- CharteProblem 5: David is forgetfulDavid has people to see, classes to attend, and work to do. He often eats on the run and forgets to choose the healthier option.Eating healthy is often something he overlooks…Thunderbird allows David to schedule emails to be send in the future. David can setup Thunderbird to send himself weekly checkups on his progress. Google Calendar can send David daily reminder emails about his commitment to eat better. With constant reminders, eating healthy switches from something on the side to a lifestyle change that’s part of David’s daily routine
  • 12. David’s ready for changeWhere he wants to beBy making it super simple to eat healthy and providing triggers to help him stay on track, we help David achieve his health goalsLazyBusyForgetfulAccountabilityFood loverNow