Exploring the negative effects of ultra-processed food on college students.

UI Design | 5 Weeks

Interactive Infographic in collaboration with the University of North Texas

The University of North Texas was ranked No. 2 in Delish's Best College Dining Halls list, "The 30 Colleges With The Best Campus Food You've Ever Seen". With a diverse catalog of over 4,000 menu items and recipes, covering a wide range of dietary needs, including allergen-free, vegan/vegetarian and athletic nutrition.

UNT strives to deliver quality food to their student population to ensure accessibility to and encourage healthy eating. How might we leverage digital solutions to promote healthy eating on campus?

The Challenge

  • 2 UX Researchers

  • 2 UI Designers

Team

The client provided our team a total of 5 weeks to conceptualize, ideate, and prototype a solution.

My Role

Our team’s research provided valuable insights into user behavior and the cause/effect relationship of unhealthy vs healthy eating habits in college students.

  1. The young adult age group is among the most frequent consumers of fast food and convenience food products.

  2. Shifting the diet not only promotes mental health, but can also promote recovery from current mental illness.

  3. Users were more responsive to information being presented to them in a digital, scrollable format.

The Solution

Jimmy’s Journey to Wellness

  • A digital, scrollable infographic that students can scan onto their phone from a QR code for ease of use.

  • Utilized storytelling to demonstrate 2 different “what if” scenarios on the academic success of a college student named "Jimmy”.

  • Created uniform visuals and color schemes to convey the positive and negative emotions and relatability with Jimmy's journey.