Design to Eat Smart
Zuoyi Zhang, Teng Han, John Swystun, Yumiko Sakamoto, Pourang Irani · 2020
Seemingly trivial eating habits, such as eating too fast, has been linked to diverse and rather serious health issues. While some technology-mediated interventions have promoted healthy dietary habits, designing successful pervasive interventions remains challenging. This paper contributes to the design of eating interventions in three ways: 1) a comprehensive review of 62 studies which focused on interventions targeting eating habits; 2) a generative design framework with multiple design parameters; 3) and, an exploration of the potential efficacy of the developed framework. These contributions will improve designers' comprehension and ability to apply current trends and state of art technologies in the design space. The work presented here aims to validate the generative nature of our design framework presented in this paper and further propose new exploratory directions.