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      Exploring Challenges and Opportunities to Support People with Food Allergies to Find Safe Places for Eating Out

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      Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)
      Human Computer Interaction Conference
      4 - 6 July 2018
      Food Allergens, Food Allergy, Eating out, Dining out, Mobile application, Design, HCI, Crowdsourcing
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            Abstract

            Eating out can be problematic for people who have food allergies. For example, the fear of having an allergic reaction while eating out can cause anxiety and stress especially for young adults, impacting their personal and social life. To address this issue, we describe “AllergyFreeFoodie”, a crowdsourced mobile application that aims to support people with food allergies in searching for safe places for eating out. We present an initial prototype together with the results of a preliminary evaluation with 6 young adults in the UK. Based on early findings, we highlight some of the challenges that our participants face in their everyday life and some opportunities for the redesign of the application to promote an allergy-friendly environment for people with food allergies.

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            Contributors
            Conference
            July 2018
            July 2018
            : 1-5
            Affiliations
            [0001]University of Leicester

            University Road, Le1 7RH, Leicester
            [0002]Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS

            R. Alfredo Allen 455, Porto, Portugal
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.151
            e4ef426a-725f-4a8c-9691-55359ee6bb33
            © Aluvathingal et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK.

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
            HCI
            32
            Belfast, UK
            4 - 6 July 2018
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Human Computer Interaction Conference
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.151
            Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/
            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Eating out,Food Allergens,Food Allergy,Dining out,Mobile application,Design,HCI,Crowdsourcing

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