Health Heroes: An app to support families in health eating

健康促进应用程序的激增沿着移动的手机的一系列支持健康行为改变的功能，为健康饮食提供了一种新的创新方法。然而，市场上的大多数应用程序都没有基于行为改变理论和证据，这可能意味着它们是不安全或无效的。健康英雄是第一个家庭健康饮食应用程序，涉及广泛的研究，使用健康心理学，以用户为中心的设计（UCD），游戏化和说服技术领域的开创性方法。该项目代表了工业界、公共卫生、学术界和当地家庭之间的合作，现在有机会与杰米奥利弗合作，扩大其对全国家庭的影响和影响。认识到过去十年中食物份量急剧增加，越来越多的证据表明它们对肥胖流行的影响，Health Heroes旨在支持家庭管理他们的份量，以实现均衡饮食。该应用程序旨在作为沟通工具，让家庭共同努力改变他们的饮食习惯。它还帮助家庭在家庭环境之外管理他们的饮食习惯，学校，餐馆和食品店可以加入挑战，以支持家庭正确平衡饮食。

The proliferation of health promotion apps along with mobile phones' array of features supportinghealth behaviour change offers a new and innovative approach to healthier eating. However, themajority of apps on the market are not underpinned with behaviour change theory and evidencewhich may mean they are unsafe or ineffective.Health Heroes is the first family healthy eating app to involve extensive research with families usingground breaking methods drawn from the fields of Health Psychology, User-Centred Design (UCD),Gamification & Persuasive Technologies. The project represents a collaboration between industry,public health, academia and local families, with now the opportunity to partner with Jamie Oliver andexpand its reach and impact on families across the nation.In recognition that portion sizes have increased dramatically over the past decade and the growingbody of evidence highlighting their impact on the obesity epidemic, Health Heroes aims to supportfamilies in managing their portion sizes to achieve a balanced diet.The app is designed to function as communication tool for the family to work together on changingtheir eating habits. It also helps families to manage their dietary habits outside of the homeenvironment where schools, restaurants, and food outlets can join the challenge to support families in eating the right balance of foods.