Hi Ian, Certainly, my goal is to make it customizable as far as possible. I plan to provide the admin with the possibility to adjust the databases, in order to adapt the content to the local context (e.g. diseases like obesity or diabetes). For now I am thinking of three different databases: - One for all aliments (in natural state as well as in prepared state like pureed tomato) with their nutritional value - The second one includes all nutritional value needs of the human body, their daily dose and the period how long this value can be stored - And the last one with “activities” and the value how many this activity consume a certain nutritional value The last database is the most individual one. Activity means here not only a kind of sport; it can also mean a season or a disease. So I name any particular condition an activity, when it consumes a nutritional value. Finally, to answer your question, I try to make it customizable by offering several databases of activities. <div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/17 Ian Thomson <<a href="mailto:IanT@spc.int">IanT@spc.int</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div> Hi Stefanie, This sounds like a great game. Will it be customizable to various regions/customs? I come from the Pacific and the diet here is quite different from that in say India or Africa. We have a great problem in the region with obesity leading to high rates of diabetes caused by a combination of high levels of poor quality of food (e.g. white rice and fatty meat) and little exercise. Educating children about the nutritional value of food is a good addition to efforts to improve the situation. Ian Thomson ICT Outreach Section Economic Development Division Secretariat of the Pacific Community B.P. D5 - Noumea Cedex - 98848 New Caledonia Phone +687-265419 Fax +687 26 38 18 <a href="http://www.spc.int/" target="_blank">http://www.spc.int</a> <div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> From: <a href="mailto:iaep-bounces@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep-bounces@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:iaep-bounces@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep-bounces@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>] On Behalf Of Stefanie Nobel Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:25 AM To: <a href="mailto:health@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">health@lists.laptop.org</a>; <a href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>; <a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> Subject: [IAEP] New activity from OLPC France</div> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"> Hello, I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next six months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating children about a healthier nutrition. In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him with meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are meant to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only finance the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with us. We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short description of our first ideas: The game will be split in two parts: <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal">In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility to share these recipes with other children.</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by the avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do homework because he has not sufficient energy).</li></ul> So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you have to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal">The need of the different nutritional values,</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The nutritional value of the aliment</li> <li class="MsoNormal">In natural and organic state and</li> <li class="MsoNormal">after the preparation of the meal</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The season and the weather</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain of the food)</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The health of the avatar/child</li> <li class="MsoNormal">The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food</li></ul> The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate it into a rough logic. So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your thoughts. We appreciate all kinds of input! Stefanie </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>