Food Find: Putting Healthy Food Choices in the Path of Everyday Life

Submission Deadline

Submissions are Closed

Prizes

  • $2,500
First Place

FoodSwapper

Team Members

Jiten Chhabra, Antoine Dove

Description

Help consumers/communities put healthy food choices in the path of everyday life.

The AHA Mission: Building a healthier world, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

2020 Goal: By 2020, to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20%, while reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20%.

The American Heart Association Definition of a Healthy Diet:

  • Fruits and vegetables: At least 4.5 cups a day
  • Fish (preferably oily fish): At least two 3.5-ounce servings a week
  • Fiber-rich whole grains: At least three 1-ounce-equivalent servings a day
  • Sodium: Less than 1,500 mg a day
  • Nuts, legumes and seeds: At least 4 servings a week
  • Processed meats: No more than 2 servings a week
  • Saturated fat: Less than 7% of total energy intake

Create an application that looks at food desert issues, triggers to drive people to healthier food choices and/or analysis that drives communities to identify and activate on food access issues in new ways.

Review Panel

    • Judges will include representatives from consumer, health, medical and technical backgrounds. Tools will be evaluated as to the greatest potential to impact healthy eating behaviors.