Hi Ian,
Certainly, my goal is to make it customizable as far as possible. I plan to provide the admin with the possibility to adjust the databases, in order to adapt the content to the local context (e.g. diseases like obesity or diabetes). For now I am thinking of three different databases: - One for all *aliments* (in natural state as well as in prepared state like pureed tomato) with their nutritional value - The second one includes all nutritional value needs of the *human body*, their daily dose and the period how long this value can be stored - And the last one with “*activities*” and the value how many this activity consume a certain nutritional value The last database is the most individual one. Activity means here not only a kind of sport; it can also mean a season or a disease. So I name any particular condition an activity, when it consumes a nutritional value. Finally, to answer your question, I try to make it customizable by offering several databases of activities. 2011/4/17 Ian Thomson <i...@spc.int> > Hi Stefanie, > > > > This sounds like a great game. Will it be customizable to various > regions/customs? > > > > I come from the Pacific and the diet here is quite different from that in > say India or Africa. > > > > We have a great problem in the region with obesity leading to high rates of > diabetes caused by a combination of high levels of poor quality of food > (e.g. white rice and fatty meat) and little exercise. Educating children > about the nutritional value of food is a good addition to efforts to improve > the situation. > > > > Ian Thomson > > ICT Outreach Section > > Economic Development Division > > Secretariat of the Pacific Community > > B.P. D5 - Noumea Cedex - 98848 > > New Caledonia > > > > Phone +687-265419 > > > > Fax +687 26 38 18 > > http://www.spc.int > > > > *From:* iaep-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org [mailto: > iaep-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] *On Behalf Of *Stefanie Nobel > *Sent:* Monday, April 18, 2011 2:25 AM > *To:* health@lists.laptop.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > *Subject:* [IAEP] New activity from OLPC France > > > > Hello, > > I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six > months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating > children about a healthier nutrition. > In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with > meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant > to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. > The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance > the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. > > We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short > description of our first ideas: > The game will be split in two parts: > > - In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual > environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to > share these recipes with other children. > - The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” > by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do > homework because he has not sufficient energy). > > So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have > to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: > > - The need of the different nutritional values, > - The nutritional value of the aliment > - In natural and organic state and > - after the preparation of the meal > - The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day > - The season and the weather > - The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain > of the food) > - The health of the avatar/child > - The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food > > > > The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it > into a rough logic. > > > > So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. > > We appreciate all kinds of input! > > > > Stefanie >
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