Android based nutritional intake tracking application for handheld systems

摘要

In the view of developing technology, changing lifestyles and busy schedules, people often tend to neglect their health. This has led to an outcry about health related issues among all age groups. The youngsters are the major victims of health problem as their uneven schedule makes it difficult to keep the track of nutritional value of their meal intake and maintaining daily health record manually. Since, it is a well known fact that what you eat while you are young is what you will be when you are old. The popularity and usage of Smartphone application leads to the need of an application that can cater to the need of health management amongst youngsters. This paper presents the details of a fully functional Android Application for health management specifically targeting the young people in India. The developed application solves the major practical problems faced during health management and meal intake. Health Buddy, the mobile application, has been designed in such a way that it will not only help to keep track of everything they eat but will also give them suggestions of what they need to include or exclude from their diet. It further provides the supplementary information like daily exercise requirements, interesting food facts and myths, and useful health tips to its users. The application is developed on Android Studio 2.1.3 to provide a robust, user friendly solution. It can be installed on any Smartphone with android OS Version Number 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Health Buddy is available at Google Play Store. It has an average user rating of 4.9 which shows its usability among youngsters.