APPLICATION DESIGN TELEHEALTH BASED CONSULTATION BALANCED NUTRITION FOR YOUNG ADULTS

• Main Author: Fadli Munandar, Trezanor
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/64536
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Covid-19 creates new challenges for the health world besides the risk of being exposed to the virus. Our eating habits are one of the new challenges that need to be solved, especially for young adults. Young adults are now more aware of the need to live a healthy lifestyle, but the pandemic disrupts when they start living it, triggering new lifestyle changes triggered by stress, anxiety, boredom or just to feel happy. Therefore, an innovation is needed that can keep young adults from living a healthy lifestyle. Currently running a healthy lifestyle for young adults should start by focusing more on their diet, namely by consuming foods that do not trigger cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, which are the main factors that a person has a greater risk when experiencing a Covid-19 infection. Today's young adults need to know more about exactly what goes into their bodies and have good immunity and make the body healthy both physically and spiritually. Therefore, an innovation is needed to help the younger generation in growing awareness for healthy living. The use of smart devices is an inseparable technology, smartphones are able to be present in every aspect of daily life for young adults, as a means of communicating, seeking information or just entertainment. The author analyzes several health applications based on healthy eating and living on smartphones using the Design Thinking Method. The purpose of writing this article is to build and initiate healthy living habits for young adults. From what is currently happening to young adults, where it is difficult for them to always maintain their healthy lifestyle, so we need an application that helps them to always consistently lead a healthy lifestyle, so that in the future young adults can avoid various chronic diseases caused in old age.