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A presentation by W14A presentation by W14ENG ZHENYU U0802145LIU DING YING U0902006SHAIFUL RIZAL U0701677TAN ENG TEE DERRICK U0601416NGUYEN SON TRA U0905139

OverviewOverview

An integrated nutrition monitoring system that tracks daily consumption

patterns and uses peer motivation and visual goal setting as catalysts to

encourage healthy eating.

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MaGN

PEOPLENUS students;

staying in hostelstech-savvy

FrameworkFramework

ACTIVITIES & CONTEXTEating in campus: canteen/hostels; social/individual

TECHNOLOGYManual input of food items; monitoring of

daily nutrition

P A C TP A C T

ScenarioScenarioKayla

Key ObservationsKey Observations

Need for seamless Need for seamless technologytechnology

“reduce burdens of self-reporting” – Nakajima, et. al. 2008.

Social activity of eatingSocial activity of eating

Motivations for changeMotivations for change

“friendship clique is an important sub-cultural environment . . .a very close relationship between a girl’s body image and dieting behaviours of her friends.”

- National Eating Disorder Information Centre

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Conceptual ScenarioConceptual Scenario ONLINE PORTALONLINE PORTAL

Online PortalOnline Portal

Existing TechnologyExisting Technology

1. Passive Ambient Technology1. Passive Ambient TechnologyBurden of user input reduced

2. Reduce inaccurate self-reporting2. Reduce inaccurate self-reportingIntentional or due to cognitive biases

3. Easy to implement3. Easy to implementExisting technology in place

4. Motivation & Engagement4. Motivation & EngagementGaming element and social network

5. Tech-savvy appeal5. Tech-savvy appeal

Evaluation of Evaluation of MaGNMaGN: : StrengthsStrengths

Do I want to be tracked all the time?

What if my meals are in non-standard proportions?

Will it backfire?

Evaluation of Evaluation of MaGNMaGN: : WeaknessesWeaknesses

Will I continue to follow the 2+2 guidelines once the ‘fun element’ is removed? Offline behaviors =

online behaviors & vice versa?

The The ENDEND

"To eat is a "To eat is a necessity, but to eat necessity, but to eat intelligently is an intelligently is an art.”art.”

- La Rochefoucauld

MaGNMaGNIntelligent eating.Intelligent eating.

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