Aditya Chand
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the design of a service that provides nutritional feedback to female college freshmen. A variety of background research methods--food journals, competitive product analyses, and ethnographic interviews--led to the design of a service that integrates into existing university systems with little effort.
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Index Terms
- Balance pass: service design for a healthy college lifestyle
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