Student project

Healthy diet for active living

Designer
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.