A Survey of Personal Visualization in m Health

Quick Summary of m. Health Nutrition Apps • Apps chosen from Android and Apple

Quick Summary of m. Health Nutrition Apps • Review of 15 apps in total

Visualization in m. Health Apps Relatively few interactive visualizations • Line graph • Bar

Future Directions • How do visualizations impact an end-user’s attitude/belief about their behavior and

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A Survey of Personal Visualization in m. Health Nutrition Apps Corrie Whisner, Alexandra Porter, Nicholas Pecor Ross Maciejewski Arizona State University

Quick Summary of m. Health Nutrition Apps • Apps chosen from Android and Apple store – Keywords: nutrition, diet, health – Chosen based on number of downloads and reviews • App functionality split into 9 categories • • • Calorie tracking Nutrient tracking Fitness tracking Weight Tracking Weight Goal • • Peer Comparison Social Network Sharing Meal Suggestion Incentives/Gamification

Quick Summary of m. Health Nutrition Apps • Review of 15 apps in total presented in this work Common features: • Weight Goals (14) • Activity Tracking (11) • Calorie Tracking (12) Least common features: • Peer support • Meal planning • Incentives/Gamification

Visualization in m. Health Apps Relatively few interactive visualizations • Line graph • Bar graph • Pie chart

Future Directions • How do visualizations impact an end-user’s attitude/belief about their behavior and health • Apps can provide targeted messages for improving health, what role should visualization play? • Showing social norms to people has been shown to influence behavior, what role should visualization have in explaining social norms? • Some work in social norms showed that deceiving individuals resulted in more accepted behavior, is deceptive visualization always bad?