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Carbon Model: More diet options and body type #265

Closed Fixkey closed 4 years ago

Fixkey commented 4 years ago

Is your request related to a problem? Please describe. I think that the current diet options are too vague. I would love to have more personalized options, something more specific than the current 1.3kg for any meat eater.

Describe the solution you'd like Simply inputting weight + gender should narrow down a result quite a bit. As for diet to keep it simple I would suggest adding 'heavy meat eater' (everyday) and 'light meat eater' (person who generally tries to avoid eating meat when he can). Something like this comes to my mind

Describe alternatives you've considered I think that diet options should be simple, can't think of any alternative solution.

Who do you think would have this data? These sites aren't perfect but should give a general gist of what I am looking for: https://bmi-calories.com/calorie-intake-calculator.html (for differences between body types) http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet (a look at 5 diets)

ovbm commented 4 years ago

I wonder if it'd be better instead of inputting weight + gender, to be able to specify portion size. For example, I eat a light breakfast, but a more substantial lunch. That would allow me to select say: "small meal (200g)" in the morning and "big meal (400g)" for lunch. Would that solve the body type issue?

We're tracking ideas for more meal types in this issue, so low-meat could be added there: #268

ovbm commented 4 years ago

The easiest way actually would be to be able to specifcy average calorie intake.

martincollignon commented 4 years ago

@sorensvejstrup can you add this to productboard (if it's not already) and close this one?

corradio commented 4 years ago

Closing due to inactivity