The Food Diary App: Let the Camera Eat First?
- Claire H.
- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 1, 2023
The Problem
With a considerable amount of research on Internet and Communication Technologies (ICTs) use of Baby Boomers, these studies rarely analyze from the perspectives of food. It is essential to see how food, an important element throughout their life, merge with the unprecedented inventions of technologies available today.
Research methods
Design-based approach on the Recovery Records App
Qualitative in-depth interview to investigate the patterns of ICT usage by six Baby Boomers through the lens of food photographs.
Focused group review
Key Insights
The meaning of food is a description of the food itself, routine function, for cooking or preparing, eating or sharing, and special occasions.
App reflection: the participants revealed that the current food diary APP functions well on reminding when to take photos and has the potential to improve their well-being: it helps one to self-realize, eat behavior, and record nutrients. While this empirical research supplies the importance of food and benefits of the current food diary app, the authors suggest the APP add sharing functions to facilitate communication and engagement with family and friends.
Collaborators
Dr. Hsiu-Ping Yueh (research lead and manager), Dr. Weijane Lin (research manager)
Roles
Researcher.
Skills
Interview, UX research
Reflection
This was my first project on doing an independent interview. The biggest achievement was overcoming the anxiety of talking with people by being well-prepared beforehand. I am grateful for my professor's help in teaching me interviewing methods. And I am also grateful for my first participants, who bears my amateur skills. Nevertheless, this project taught me the essential element in UX research: interview.
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