Research Article
Simplifying Mobile Phone Food Diaries
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252101, author={Adrienne Andrew and Gaetano Borriello and James Fogarty}, title={Simplifying Mobile Phone Food Diaries}, proceedings={7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2013}, month={5}, keywords={mobile health and wellness; theory-driven design; nutrition; self-monitoring}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252101} }- Adrienne Andrew
Gaetano Borriello
James Fogarty
Year: 2013
Simplifying Mobile Phone Food Diaries
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252101
Abstract
We describe the design and evaluation of POND, a Pattern-Oriented Nutrition Diary. POND is a mobile-phone food diary designed using a theory-driven approach to address a common challenge users report when using food diaries on mobile phones: the amount of effort required to create food entries in relation to the perceived self-benefit of self-monitoring food intake. The design allows users to create food entries either via a traditional database lookup or a streamlined ‘+1’ approach. 24 people used POND to create predefined food entries. We found people preferred different approaches to creating entries, which reflected their self-reported nutrition concerns. This supports an argument for rethinking traditional approaches to designing food diaries.
