MOBILE APP DESIGN REGARDING HEALTHY DIET FOR 15-18 YEARS OLD TEENAGE GIRL

• Main Author: TIOSARA SHANTY - NIM: 17414022 , SADHA
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/30759
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

<p align="justify">In order to get good appearance and body shape, many young people and teenagers are in a diet, especially teenage girl. The reason of that phenomena is because body shape can affect the level of self-satisfaction and cause low confidence and self-esteem. But unfortunately, there are teenagers who follow diet program in wrong way so that the diet isn’t going well and in other hand cause negative impact on health. Nowadays, there are many type of diets, information about diet can be easily obtained through websites and books. However some websites are not managed by experts and the information provided don’t have any reliable source and it can lead teenagers to inaccurate information. To solve that problem, solution that considered appropriate is to design a mobile app about healthy diet that especially aimed at teenage girl aged around 15-18 years old. Mobile app is considered as the best media for this problem because the lifestyle of teenagers nowadays can’t be separated from the use of gadgets and social media. The design process begin with collecting data related to dieting between teenagers and mobile app. Data collection is done by literature review, interview with an expert in diet as well as survey on target audience. In addition, comparisons were made on some existing dieting mobile apps. From the data obtained, it is known that the suitable diet for teenagers is low-carb diet because the nutritional intake of each element of nutrition is still fulfilled. Besides, based on the survey results, it is known that many teenagers have difficulty in managing food intake and maintain motivation. It is also known that most of teenage girl prefer interesting interface rather than interface which seems kinda stiff or too formal. Features designed to meet user needs are BMI and ideal weight calculation, brief explanation about low-carb diet and sports that suppot diet, suggestions and meal portion comparisons, eating diary, weight data record, and timeline. To adjust to user preference, design are supported by cartoonstyled illustrations.<p align="justify"> <br />