Example Food Spark Loop

Below is a sample of a healthy food Spark video cycle. The cycle begins with an explanation video (shown at bottom) that explains the science behind the video with empathy and humor. The video asks user to identify 1 small healthier food choice they can make the next day and at what time of day she needs to make the change. Then it asks her to do 3 videos. One, where she pushes away the unhealthy food choice. One where she pulls the healthy choice towards herself, and one where she says how she will feel when she is regularly eating healthy foods. We ran this test to about 50 women from diverse geographic US markets recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk and paid $3 to try this cycle and 2 others. All reported success at switching foods and/or 'eating better' and all of them have signed up for more Sparks. We provided LINKS TO RELEVANT STUDIES as well: To help alcoholics drink less, this game has them practice pushing away drinks. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217954.php Harnessing the power of disgust: a randomized trial to reduce high-calorie food appeal through implicit priming http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/102/2/249.abstract

Onboarding video - educates, builds trust, explains…

 1. User gets prompt to watch video that teaches, inspires and explains what they’ll do.


2. User then uploads content, articulates plan, builds anticipation for getting Sparks back with themselves in Spark

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Our users must identify an alternative behavior (or food) to have a higher chance at success. We cannot starve and we cannot erase behaviors, we must replace them.
She pushes away the bad food, building a neural pathway of the action. Just as this study shows how practicing pushing away drinks actually lowers consumption .http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217954.php
By asking Annabelle to articulate the positive emotions of her desired outcome, it is easier for her to re-access this internal motivation later. It's worth reading up on Motivational Interviewing to appreciate how powerful this question can be.

3. Below, see Sparks examples that at relevant time(s) that include their content and reinforces what they learned and helps prime healthy choices

The healthier-eating SmartSparks work! These studies directly relate as to why they work: medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217954.php Harnessing the power of disgust: ajcn.nutrition.org/content/102/2/249.abstract To see her source videos too: http://vimeopro.com/user23217784/showingsource

LINKS TO RELEVANT STUDIES:
To help alcoholics drink less, this game has them practice pushing away drinks.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217954.php

Harnessing the power of disgust: a randomized trial to reduce high-calorie food appeal through implicit priming 
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/102/2/249.abstract