Why Fresh Choices

Teaches better eating habbits

Decades of studies have shown the need for nutritious meals amongst high schoolers, and poor nutrition leads to reduced concentration and poorer grades. With Fresh choices anyone can make better food choices.

Easy to use

This app is really easy to use with 1 step! Scan your photo and wait, that counts as two but whatever. The app will call the backend a give us a star result. More than 3.5 is a healthy food option. Higher the better!

Built with state of the art technology

The app and the website is built with state of the art technology. Using react native for the app front end and flask for the backend, and with the help from google vision you will get the best results possible to help make food choices

Why Eat Healthy?

Good for Health

A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It protects you against many chronic noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt, sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet.

Better personality

Some evidence suggests a close relationship between diet and mood. In 2016, researchers found that diets with a high glycemic load may trigger increased symptoms of depression and fatigue. A diet with a high glycemic load includes many refined carbohydrates, such as those found in soft drinks, cakes, white bread, and biscuits. Vegetables, whole fruit, and whole grains have a lower glycemic load.

Weight Loss

Maintaining a moderate weight can help reduce the risk of chronic health issues. Having overweight or obesity are risk factors for several conditions, including: heart disease type 2 diabetes poor bone density some cancers Many healthful foods, including vegetables, fruits, and beans, are lower in calories than most processed foods.

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Download Client(React Native)Download Backend(Flask)Try our web version of our app(make sure to try the app version though!!! :) )

How to try our App

Step 1:

First step is to do "npm i expo-cli" to download the Expo CLI. Download the source code and inside the client folder run "npm install".Start a virtualenv(pip install virtualenv) and do "virualenv -p python3 env" and then run "source env/bin/activate". Finally, inside the backend folder, run "pip install -r requirements.txt"

Step 2:

Whenever you want you want to start the app run "expo start --no-dev --minify" in your client folder. Inside the backend and run python3 app.py while inside your virtualenv. Run ifconfig in your terminal and replace all instances of the original ip address and replace it with your IPv4 address and it should work now

Step 3:

Generate a service key from your google api cloud console for the google vision API and save it anywhere in your computer. Then, open your .bashrc(or .zshrc) and insert this line:"export GOOGLE_API_CREDENTIALS='/path/to/your/credentials/json'"". Finally, run source .bashrc(or .zshrc)

Step 4:

You should get a QR code, scan that from your "Expo Go" app. This should open your app. Enjoy staying healthy!!!

Team

Veerrohit

Front End Developer

Aravind

Front End Developer

Adhav

Backend Developer

Neha

Backend Developer