Wello: Healthy habits for kids app

• Tracking activity through google fit
• Tracking energy, macronutrients, sodium, fibre, sugar, saturated fat, cholesterol and water consumption based on recipe database
• Graphs and reporting
• Online education on basic nutrition topics

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• collect medical information? Yes  (Weight, height, date of birth, etc)
• require a login? Yes – email
• can be password protected? Password required for initial sign up but not when reopening app
• have a privacy policy? Yes
• require internet access? Yes

✔ Ability to choose between metrics and imperial

✔ Ability to track multiple family members

✔ Recipes provided with meal plan.

✔ Provides visual road map of goals to achieve, connected to education on topics.

✔ Ability to flag dishes which are liked.

✔ Ability to filter dishes by category, cooking time or ingredients used.

✔ Links with Google Fit

✘ Abrupt and brief assessment findings based on a 10-year prediction with inappropriate imagery of crying overweight children.

✘ No gender-neutral options.

✘ One parents weight and height details required.

✘ Child must have a phone or tablet to record activity through google fit.

✘ Recipe recommendations not tailored to New Zealand food supply and could be costly to follow.

✘ Limited meals to select from for food monitoring entry. Data of food intake would only be accurate if you followed the selected meals and recipes.

Read a clinical review of this app.