A Mobile Phone App for the Provision of Personalized Food-Based Information in an Eating-Out Situation: Development and Initial Evaluation (Preprint)

• DOI: 10.2196/preprints.12966
• Publication Date: 2018-12-05T11:46:57Z
• Authors: Katherine Marie A...; Jeff Bray; Sarah Price; Gernot Liebchen; Nan Jiang; Ioannis Mavridis; Laure Saulais; Agnès Giboreau; Federico J A Pere...; Rebecca Coolen; Manfred Ronge; Heather Hartwell
• Keywords: Mobile phone; Preprint; App store; Mobile apps

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Increasing pressure from governments, public health bodies, and consumers is driving a need for increased food-based information provision in eating-out situations. Meals eaten outside the home are known to be less healthy than meals at home, can complain of poor on impact allergen content out. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This paper aimed describe development early assessment mobile phone app that allows accurate personalized while considering individual characteristics (allergies, diet type, preferences) enable informed consumer choice when eating <title>METHODS</title> An was designed developed address these requirements using an agile approach. The then evaluated 8 engagement events System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire qualitative feedback. <title>RESULTS</title> Consideration literature consultation with revealed situation, including ability limit provided which personally relevant or interesting. provide dishes available workplace canteen allow freedom personalize choose they received. Evaluation SUS positive responses range potential users, comments demonstrated broad interest its use. <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> details successful novel situation manner.