Incentivo a práticas alimentares infantis saudáveis por meio de um aplicativo

Abstract

From pregnancy to the first two years of life, the human body is undergoing intense physical and neurological development, which requires healthy eating practices so that the baby’s health is not compromised. It is known that the introduction of food, which should only occur after six months of life, is a period of adaptation for both babies and those responsible for them, and many times, several questions may arise in this process. Some examples are: what foods are indicated? What is the safest way to introduce an age-appropriate food? Which foods have allergic potential? Therefore, this work presents the development of a hybrid application entitled ”Baby Nutri”which aims to encourage a healthy complementary diet for babies and facilitate the process of introducing food to parents or guardians. The eXtreme Programming (XP) agile development methodology was used, which takes into account short deadlines and the Ionic framework for its development. It can be concluded that the developed application encourages healthy eating practices through access to scientific knowledge about children’s food and nutrition education. At the moment, Baby Nutri is undergoing functional and non-functional tests manually performed by the developer.