#20220067 Personal Dietary Assistant (PDA)

The project involves the development of a dietary assistant application. This application was produced following extensive market research and defining the negative and positive sides of traditional diet applications. It was developed using the Dart language with Flutter framework and Firebase as the database solution. The dietary information was gathered from the Turkish Dietary Guideline which was published by the Ministry of Health. It is hosted on GitHub Pages which is a free way to host web applications using the web build files of a Flutter project. The development of the project was essentially cost free (excluding the working hours) and did not require any special hardware. Despite the low cost of development, the application developed as result of this project would have tremendous value in the lives of people who are in need of dietary guidance but also have existing conditions that limit their choices by giving them inspiration and hope.

This project was pursued to create a tool that would provide the public with reliable dietary information. The application produced through this project enables the users to reach accurate information and includes guides on how to have a balanced and healthy diet according to their preferences. this application is meant to help users of many backgrounds find ways to have a healthy diet with their food restrictions and preferences.

The product that was reached at the end of this project is a "diet app" that is not a diet app at all, in the way that it carries none of the negative aspects of one. It does not use fear and shame to force people into unhealthy eating habits. It provides accurate dietary guides and examples to instill balanced eating in users of different backgrounds.

This project is currently very applicable. One person gathered all dietary data and trained in developing mobile and web applications through Flutter and produced an application that is easy to use and covers all basic functionalities required. It can however be improved upon, given more time.

Flutter and Dart. Firebase. GitHub Pages. (hosting) The Turkish Dietary Guideline.

No investors

A healthy and balanced diet is required for a healthy body.No matter the pre-existing conditions or ethical preferences a person may have, they still deserve accurate and easy to understand dietary information to be available to them. This project would ensure that people who may have dietary restrictions still have a nutritionally balanced diet and help cut down on cases of obesity or high cholesterol.

Currently available applications such as FatSecret, MyFitnessPal, and BetterMe, which are at the top of mobile markets as of 2020.