Diabetes Tracker: An Information System to assist and track nutritional information

Abstract

Chronic disease such as diabetes has become a genuine health concern in people’s lives. Millions of people are already diagnosed with it, and this number is only expected to continue growing along with the price of any kind of aid that can be provided for this disease. This makes being able to offer any kind of assistance to those that are suffering through this regardless of economic status that much more important. This paper will discuss a prototype information system being built to provide remote healthcare via informative assistance to anyone with diabetes. To reach as much of an audience as possible, this system will be implemented on both web and mobile application-based platforms. We intend to extend this information system can provide self-health management advice for users depending on any related information to them, their condition, and the information they enter, such as their diet intake and current body condition. At this stage, we are focusing on making an easy-to-use and understand application that does not include complicated warning systems and notifications. In the future, we intend to add carefully evaluated functionalities that are user-friendly for general users who are not tech-savvy. Thus, our objective for this work is two-fold. Firstly, we plan to implement successful web and mobile-based applications that are easy and helpful to use, providing relief to those who want and need it. Secondly, we hope to advance our research and assist others in the research community and inspire others trying to solve the same problem.