This document discusses 5 tools that can help people eat better habitually: 1. Using a smartphone camera to track foods consumed and look up nutritional information before purchasing. 2. Analyzing nutritional intake using apps like foodflex to get an accurate snapshot of current eating habits. 3. Identifying areas for improvement using apps like MycaNutrition that allow users to build food journals and receive suggestions from nutritionists. 4. Developing an action plan using apps like Lifetick to track goals, break them into steps, and receive motivation from social support. 5. Making intelligent decisions at mealtimes using mobile search to find healthy dining venues instead of settling for unhealthy options.

1. Top 5 Tools forEating Better, Habitually James Mao – 4/22/10 habits.stanford.edu

2. Making a Habit to Eat Better Technology helps iterate faster, improving results.

3. Smartphone with Camera TrackFoods Consumed Capture data at point of consumption. Look up nutritional facts and gather social recommendations before purchase. Leverage always-on communications capability to share eating patterns with supporters and access supplemental data.

4. Analyze Nutritional Intake By looking at your shopping history, foodflex will automatically provide you with a snapshot of your nutritional history. No biases. No selective memory. Brutally honest. Use tools to get an accurate picture of your current behavior as a starting point for change. Automation makes this process painless, increasing habit formation.

5. Identify Changes MycaNutrition lets you build a food journal with a mobile phone and send it to nutritionists who will work with you to identify changes to your eating habits. By providing your healthcare professionals with organized data, they can suggest changes that will maximize results with minimal lifestyle change (i.e. find the “lowest hanging fruit.”)

6. Lifetick helps you succeed at goals by guiding you through a process of formulating tasks, journaling actions, and charting performance. You can also have someone else monitor your progress to add motivation. Develop a Strategy Implement changes effectively by tracking your goals and breaking them into actionable steps. Social tools lets you have a coach to keep you on the track set by your nutritionist.

7. Decide Intelligently at Meal Time Make nutrition a priority when eating away from home using mobile vertical search to identify healthy venues. Even the best plans will fail without actionable options at decision time. Instead of trying to find the least objectionable food on a menu, find healthy menus.