This data-viz portrait has been created using a dataset derived from an athlete's nutrition logged in their tracking app. I focused on the relationship between an athlete's diet and their performance, taking the data logged over the course of six months leading up to a significant race. The project uses the data of calories and macros from every meal consumed during this training period.
The goal was representing how the nutritional composition of each meal becomes an integral part of the individual's identity and capabilities, to the extent that these choices impact all aspects of their life, beyond that of athletics, so we can say that they truly embody this data .
For this, I first create a visual representation in a DNA shape, where each vertex of the spiral represents a meal, the sphere’s size maps the calories intake, and the other shapes the proteins, fats and carbs composition of it.
For this, I first create a visual representation in a DNA shape, where each vertex of the spiral represents a meal, the sphere’s size maps the calories intake, and the other shapes the proteins, fats and carbs composition of it.
Then, I integrated this data viz into an animation, where it transitions into a photo of the athlete taken during the race, to symbolize how all the previous food choices impact the performance. Counters of all the intakes on the left side, opposed to the kilometers traveled during the race re-enforce the strong bond between in-out energy exchange, especially for extreme-endurance sports.
