FoodSwitch USA
FoodSwitch is a mobile phone application developed by The George Institute for Global Health for download on iOS and Android devices in nine countries to help consumers make healthier choices at the point of purchase. Data within the FoodSwitch system are also used for surveillance of the packaged food supply to help enable healthier food environments.
Funding
One Brave Idea (research venture led by American Heart Association, Verily, and AstraZeneca) via subcontract from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, JR Alberts Foundation, and Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001422).
Northwestern Faculty and Staff
Mark Huffman, MD, MPH; Abigail Baldridge, MS; Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD
Partners
Bruce Neal, Fraser Taylor, Elizabeth Dunford, Clare Farrand, Maria Ali, The George Institute for Global Health; Dagan Xavier, Brooke Bright, Label Insight; Calum MacRate, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/One Brave Idea