MealHC

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MealHC is an app that acts as a guide to meals at Mount Holyoke College. It takes in a user's dietary restrictions and goes through the MHC menu to come up with different meal options for every day of the week.

Installation:

An android device is required to download and run this app. App can be downloaded from Google Play.

Usage:

Users can check off any dietary restrictions or allergies they may have in the settings tab. This will generate a number of meal options that includes entree, sides, soup and accompaniments.

Deitary restrictions considered presently:	Allergens considered presently:
Vegetarian	Soybean
Vegan	Gluten
Kosher	Nuts
Halal	Tree nuts
Gluten Free	Coconut
Pescatarian	Fish
No Dairy	Shellfish
No Eggs	Dairy
No Pork	Sesame

Features

The calorie intake will be determined based on the age, sex and activity level of the user
The composition of the meal options will be based on nutritional value requirements

App mockup

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Screenshots

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How it works:

Data scrape: the data from the Mount Holyoke menu website is extracted into a database. This data includes nutritional values of each food item and the place to find it. The scraped data is put in a .json file in the form of a database.

Data extraction: the algorithm parses the database, extracts the items and creates appropriate objects such as FoodItem, MealOption, or Menu.

Diet Analysis: the algorithm analyzes the information about the user's physical characteristics as well as food allergies, dietary restrictions, and preferences. Then, it uses scientific data to create a list of healthy menu options for the given day.