Student project
Healthy diet for active living
- Designer
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Sara Brixen
- Education
- Master
- Subject area
- Industrial Design
- Focus area
- Design for People
- Year
- 2021
- Collaboration partners
- Det Danske Madhus
Background
Many elderly people in Denmark are underernourished, because they struggle to get sufficient calories and protein to lead a healthy life.
Healthy diet for active living
Among other consequences, this leads to a loss of muscle mass and less energy for dealing with everyday activities. To address this, Sara Brixen worked with the meal service firm Det Danske Madhus and a group of senior project participants to co-design a concept that includes protein-rich snacks in recognizable packaging, a tool for the elderly person to monitor their health and a new, simpler way to add this component to access the product.