MealMate: Towards a Meal, Exercise and Sleep Tracking App to Enhance Physical Performances

Tracking meals and sleep sessions is notoriously challenging, often due to the unnecessary complexity of recording meals in current popular apps. MealMate is an innovative application with a user-friendly interface that simplifies the process of recording sleep, meals, and activities in a fast and efficient manner. This approach was well-received by 17 out of 20 users who had previously used other apps, proving that it is useful in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, testers reported promising results when following meal plans provided by a nutritionist directly within the application. The ultimate goal of our research is to allowing the app to autonomously provide plans and food recommendations that are based on user needs and can be adjusted with respect to their habits. MealMate is a project currently under development and this paper focuses on the data collection phase: while the usability and user experience survey has given promising results, we need to gather data from a more heterogeneous population, which is essential to fulfill the proposed objective.