Health Heroes: An app to support families in health eating

健康促进应用的激增，以及手机支持健康行为改变的一系列功能，为更健康的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行为改变理论和证据，这可能意味着它们不安全或无效。健康英雄是第一款涉及家庭广泛研究的家庭健康饮食应用程序，使用的突破性方法来自健康心理学、以用户为中心的设计(UCD)、游戏化和说服技术。该项目代表着产业界、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，以及它对全国家庭的影响和影响。认识到过去十年来食物份量的急剧增加以及越来越多的证据表明它们对肥胖症流行的影响，健康英雄旨在支持家庭控制食物份量，以实现均衡饮食。这款应用程序旨在成为家庭共同努力改变饮食习惯的沟通工具。它还帮助家庭管理他们在家庭环境之外的饮食习惯，在那里学校、餐馆和食品销售点可以加入支持家庭饮食适当平衡的挑战。

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.