Nutritional Principles

While nutritional behaviors are individual choices, they are spaced in the environmental context, policies, and community resources.  These factors drive nutritional behaviors.  This application will enable the healthier choice to be the easier choice, providing real-time information that supports individualized healthier food choices, reinforced by credible, reliable information. The simplicity of the app assists those individuals in managing food choices as well as food choices that impact chronic diseases.  Self-management of chronic diseases is very challenging, often overwhelming individuals with information that is not always practical for their lifestyle.  This app simplifies one component of this chronic disease journey.

The Health Problem Soluton

According to Centers for Disease Control, about 129 million people have at least one major chronic disease with 90% of the health care expenditures are related to chronic and mental health conditions.  Of the 10 leading causes of death, five are preventable and treatable with lifestyle behaviors specific to nutrition and healthy eating a key factor in keeping America healthy.  This technology would simplify the choices individuals wrestle with at a grocery store due to the complicated food labeling and availability of nutrition information. Through education and reinforcement of healthier choices, individuals will develop more self-efficacy to manage their nutrition and eating behaviors, ultimately impacting health through time.