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TealPlate: Providing Assistance with Safe Meal Preparation for Those with Food Sensitivities
Hart, Callie Christine
Hart, Callie Christine
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Food allergies, intolerances, and other food sensitivities are increasing in frequency. This increase in people effected is exponential since it affects not only those with the sensitivity, but also those who surround them in life, such as caregivers, family, friends, schools, and employers. Diagnosis is a long and tedious process of elimination of foods in diet combined with available testing when possible. There is currently no cure for food sensitivities, only avoidance of the food or foods and experimental therapies are available. Food labels often include ingredient names unfamiliar to most people. Improvements have been made in updated legislation for food labeling to clearly print key allergens on the products’ labels. But, the process of finding and purchasing safe products is still challenging. Shopping requires more time, and navigating the everyday task of preparing a meal becomes significantly more complicated when specific background experience is absent. The proposed app will work to help users discover and combine features that will help fill the knowledge gap and increase food safety for those with food sensitivities.
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2017-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Design, Social research, Health sciences, Allergy, Food Sensitivities, Food Sensitivity, Intolerances, Migraine Trigger, Social App