Dietetic canteen is a project that stem from the premise that young diabetic children lacked the flexibility to choose meals that catered to their carbohydrate requirements. By providing adequate information and categorization of meals served in school, children can make informed choices without compromising their health. The system allows for a full overview, capable of being used by everyone, allowing student guardians to track all purchases, keeping everyone connected.
Introduction
With the current childpopulation of 500,000 diabetics, 70,000 are newly diagnosed each year, acceleratingat a rate of 3% annually. With the rise in child obesity, type 2 is becomingmore prominent in kids. Both type 1 and 2 diabetic children have individually pre-planneddiets that focus on injecting insulin based on a specific requirement ofcarbohydrates per meal.
With the current childpopulation of 500,000 diabetics, 70,000 are newly diagnosed each year, acceleratingat a rate of 3% annually. With the rise in child obesity, type 2 is becomingmore prominent in kids. Both type 1 and 2 diabetic children have individually pre-planneddiets that focus on injecting insulin based on a specific requirement ofcarbohydrates per meal.
Research
“If the insulin works 100%, then there is no need to control your diet at all. As long as they control their diets and insulin intake, they can basically eat whatever they want.”- Dr Warren Lee, Pediatrics, Growth & Diabetes Centre
Core Problem:
1. No way to monitor if the children follow the plan
2. Inflexibility in diet
3. Risk of diabetic burnouts and lows
Loss of control | Lack of personal choice |Monotonous
1. No way to monitor if the children follow the plan
2. Inflexibility in diet
3. Risk of diabetic burnouts and lows
Loss of control | Lack of personal choice |Monotonous
Final design
A system that allows students to be conscious of their food choices in school, at the same time allowing teachers and parents to keep track of their diets. Encouraging feedback from parents also allow the stall vendors to improve their health quality of food in the long run.
1. Nutritional information provided in the school canteen
A system that allows students to be conscious of their food choices in school, at the same time allowing teachers and parents to keep track of their diets. Encouraging feedback from parents also allow the stall vendors to improve their health quality of food in the long run.
1. Nutritional information provided in the school canteen
2. Cashier scans the student card and enters the student’s food purchase information.
3. Parents - Have a voice in the quality of food sold in schools
4. By providing positive reinforcement, such as rewards children will feelmore motivated to continue making healthier choices.
5. Vendors respond to the feedback by improving on quality of food.
Benefits of the system
Conclusion
The proposedsystem allows for data collection that acts as a catalyst for a healthierchange. The inconspicuous use of the system allows diabetic children to feelmore secure and free to choose substitutes for their diet. By connecting allthe stakeholders such as parent and teachers, student can be more accuratelytracked, allowing for insight into possible dietetic problems such as diabeticlows, allergies so on. The tracking system provides each stakeholder with thepower and voice to make a change, enforcing long term changes and maintenance.The overall data collected via the system allows for better understanding andtranslation of use for studies on child food purchasing behaviour. The systemalso helps create deeper gage knowledge in students to be used in externalsocial
The proposedsystem allows for data collection that acts as a catalyst for a healthierchange. The inconspicuous use of the system allows diabetic children to feelmore secure and free to choose substitutes for their diet. By connecting allthe stakeholders such as parent and teachers, student can be more accuratelytracked, allowing for insight into possible dietetic problems such as diabeticlows, allergies so on. The tracking system provides each stakeholder with thepower and voice to make a change, enforcing long term changes and maintenance.The overall data collected via the system allows for better understanding andtranslation of use for studies on child food purchasing behaviour. The systemalso helps create deeper gage knowledge in students to be used in externalsocial
