Foonie
Healthy eating habits for the elderly.
Introduction
Fooni offers personalized diets, restaurant recommendations, and an AI nutrition assistant for the elderly.
Duration
5week
Team
Solo project
Role
User research,
User testing
Brand Strategy,
UI Design
Problem
How can the elderly maintain correct eating patterns and consume equal nutrients?
Problem behind
Brainstorming
Let's establish a system for maintaining regular lifestyle habits and consuming a variety of foods
Solution
Customer segment
I anticipated the needs of our customers from two perspectives. Firstly, I noticed that most elderly individuals express physical discomfort, which affects their eating habits. Secondly, I realized that psychological factors also contribute to irregular eating patterns among the elderly
Physical aspect
Healthy diet
Users receive recommendations for restaurants that offer diverse and balanced menus similar to healthy diets.
New friends
Users can make friends who share similar or the same food preferences and dine together.
Mental aspect
Creating the Fooni user flow
Based on research, I visualized the emotions, behaviors, and goals that users may experience at each stage of app usage
Market trend research
Elderly meal apps lacked restaurant options, delivery services, and social features for mental well-being. I enhanced these aspects in my solution.
Positioning Foonie
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Brand strategy
Simple, Warm, Cute, Fresh
After
Before
Maximizing visibility and info flow
I divided one diet chart into three sections for seniors with poor vision to easily visualize nutrient intake distribution. Additionally, I modified it to display daily recommended intake achievement at a glance.
Refinement 1
After
Before
Refinement 2
Boosting nutrition info
I updated the system to show how well menu items match the user's selected diet. Users can click the nutrition % card to check the consistency between the restaurant's ingredients and their diet.
IA
Overall, I designed it to be user-friendly for the elderly. The navigation is primarily focused on meal planning, timing, and delivery.
I incorporated AI to include features such as alarms and conversational functions.
AI diet mangement
To regulate irregular meal times, AI automatically creates meal schedules and menus for the elderly. These menus are tailored based on their survey data.
AI diet mangement
Mealtime control and nutrition info
Users can check their daily calorie intake and meal times. They can also see how close they are to their recommended calorie intake, identify any deficient nutrients, and know which meal times they missed all at once.
AI delivery system
The AI informs them of the estimated delivery time and generates algorithms based on the menus they typically consume. Furthermore, through the algorithms, it also advises them on the nutrients they should consume more of
AI delivery system
Diet-friendly restaurant menu suggestions
The AI recommends restaurants offering menus similar to the user's selected diet. The restaurant's menu is ranked based on similarity in nutritional composition to the user's chosen diet.
AI chat
AI analysis
Moreover, the AI plays a role in providing regular mealtime reminders, menu recommendations, and basic conversational functions for elderly individuals without children or caregivers.
AI analysis
Diet history page
Users can track their average daily, weekly, and monthly calorie intake and compare it with recommended levels. Additionally, the AI analyzes nutrient consumption, identifies deficiencies, and provides users with insights on how well they've met their nutritional goals.
Users can save their favorite diets and restaurant menus, and based on these saved preferences, the AI can analyze and provide recommendations on what foods and nutrients the user should consume more of.
Record-based advisory system
AI analysis
Design system
I will create small challenges to encourage appetite and facilitate mealtime for seniors, such as walking for 30 minutes a day or drinking 1.2 liters of water. These solutions aim to give seniors a sense of accomplishment and stimulate their appetite.
Making the small challenge for seniors
Most senior-focused apps are designed for users with children. However, seniors living alone are more likely to skip meals. While AI features help, relying solely on AI has limitations. To address this, I plan to introduce premium features offering one-on-one counseling with health professionals for better health management.
Features tailored for solitary seniors
Reflection and Next step
Conduct more specialized research on dietary plans
It's crucial to research diets tailored to the elderly's medical conditions, as a healthy diet for one person may be harmful to another. Given seniors' reduced appetites and preference for stimulating foods,I am committed to exploring alternative options to ensure they meet their nutritional needs
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Maxxie
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