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> We don’t predict portion sizes yet. At the moment we give a sane default and ask the users to adjust it. This is a serious problem. Research suggests that o

> We don’t predict portion sizes yet. At the moment we give a sane default and ask the users to adjust it. This is a serious problem. Research suggests that one of the main causes of obesity in children is lack of ability to identify portion sizes or understand how much to eat. Obviously there is a market of people who understand this well and want to track what they eat, but you are very likely going to be misleading a very significant amount of your userbase into making worse decisions for themselves.

vinayan3 10y ago
Predicting portion size is something we’re actively looking into. One of the reasons for getting Bitesnap out to a larger audience now is to be able to collect more training data for doing this. We’re also experimenting with allowing users to specify portion sizes in more natural units -- for example by comparing a serving to the size of their fist -- and we’ll automatically convert these to conventional units. Finally, we’re also building more tutorials and help content into the app to educate people on better estimating portion size (among other things).
- AznHisoka 10y ago
  so you want early users to be a guinea pig for potential future users, and receive inaccurate counts? i dont think there will be any future users if accuracy is an issue in the beginning. this is one of those things that i believe you should have right from the beginning.
- AndrewKemendo 10y ago
  You might look into a custom cutting board or plate/container that has a fiducial on it so you can measure each item. That's also another revenue stream.
  - m_ke 10y ago
    I spent a lot of time looking for a small bluetooth food scale that I could put under my plate but wasn't able to find anything. If I ever find some free time I might try to make one. Would be cool if I could pull one out from my pocket, stick it under my plate, get a measurement then subtract whatever is left after I'm done.

vinayan3 10y ago

Predicting portion size is something we’re actively looking into. One of the reasons for getting Bitesnap out to a larger audience now is to be able to collect more training data for doing this. We’re also experimenting with allowing users to specify portion sizes in more natural units -- for example by comparing a serving to the size of their fist -- and we’ll automatically convert these to conventional units. Finally, we’re also building more tutorials and help content into the app to educate people on better estimating portion size (among other things).

AznHisoka 10y ago
so you want early users to be a guinea pig for potential future users, and receive inaccurate counts? i dont think there will be any future users if accuracy is an issue in the beginning. this is one of those things that i believe you should have right from the beginning.
AndrewKemendo 10y ago
You might look into a custom cutting board or plate/container that has a fiducial on it so you can measure each item. That's also another revenue stream.
- m_ke 10y ago
  I spent a lot of time looking for a small bluetooth food scale that I could put under my plate but wasn't able to find anything. If I ever find some free time I might try to make one. Would be cool if I could pull one out from my pocket, stick it under my plate, get a measurement then subtract whatever is left after I'm done.