Diseño de una aplicación móvil que permita información basado en propiedades nutricionales de productos empaquetados de venta en Colombia

Abstract

As a proposal to mitigate the effects of poor nutrition, front-of-package labeling was developed, which allows the consumer to quickly and easily identify the high sodium, saturated fat and sugar content of the product. Front-of-package labeling has proven to be an excellent solution for the easy identification of the content of the product packaged for consumption, but it is currently being implemented and requires a great effort by governments so that companies comply under national regulations with a tool that can affect their market. This project seeks to raise awareness of the importance of nutritional content in order to close the knowledge gaps about the packaged foods that are purchased and consumed, relying on technological tools such as mobile applications and technology such as optical character recognition (OCR), that allow the generation of a functional mobile application design with the purpose of expanding the concept of front labeling designated by Colombia and the relevance of nutritional knowledge regulated by the Colombian government to provide a new variable at the time of purchasing food products and help people in the process of increasing their quality of life based on healthy and responsible eating.