2. Project Feasibility Presentation Helping People Be Healthy!

3. Being Overweight Is the Major Cause of Poor Health in America

4. Societal Problem It is difficult to stay motivated to maintain a healthy diet and exercise plan 1/3 of adult Americans are overweight $33 Billion spent annually on weight control programs 2% of people who loose weight keep it off

5. Solution A hand held computer device to make weight management easier and more fun NuTrimMe

6. Survey Information

7. Project Pros 1. Motivates with audio/visual feedback 2. Uses technology to make data tracking simplistic 3. Uploads to PC charts and reports 4. Downloads from PC, USDA databases info and food menus 5. Educates individual on nutrition 6. Tailors diet/exercises to fit individual

8. Project Cons Cannot force the individual to change lifestyle Cannot replace primary medical care Cannot guarantee success for user Cannot provide miracle cure for obesity

9. Functionality Portable and Easy to Carry

10. Features Records personal data Provides dietary choices Access nutritional information Access exercise information Tailors towards individual needs Updates via PC Helps set goals for user Motivates user to keep being healthy Upgradible for the future

11. Implementation Embedded software records input from user Supplies data to user queries Initial set up customizes to preferences Information updated via PC interface GUI easy to use

12. Risks Too Expensive? Competition? Legal Liability? Failure to Anticipate Demand? Reliability of Hardware/Software? Unavailability of USDA Database?

13. Target Market People who need help organizing dietary information Individuals concerned with their weight Personal Trainers & Weight Control Specialists Hospitals & Managed-Care Organizations

14. Development Costs:( based on initial 2000 unit of NutrimMe) Personnel: System Analyst (400 hours @ $30/hr)$12,000 Database Administrator $55,000 (400 hours @$26/hr)$10,400 GUI Designer (200 hours @ $19/hr)$3,800 Programmer (200 hours @ $20/hr)$4,000 Database Specialist(200 hours @ $18/hr)$3,600 Wireless Specialist(200 hours @ $22/hr)$4,400 Expenses: Marketing/Advertising Specialist (400 hours 2 $15/hr)$6,000 New Hardware & Software 1 Nutritional software$599 SQL Server$4,999 1 USDA Nutritional Database( 2000 unit @$17 )$34,000 PDA (2000 unit @ $300)$6,000,000 Total Development Costs: $6,089,798 Development Costs

15. Annual Costs Annual Operating Costs Personnel: 1 Database Administrator (annually)$55,000 3 Data entry personnel ($20,000 *3)$60,000 10 Technical Supports ($30,000 * 10)$300,000 Expenses: The cost of the insurance (Liability @ $1,000,000/year)$110 Total Projected Annual Costs: $415,110

17. Resources Old Dominion University EE Dept CS Dept

18. Conclusion Weight control is a manageable problem and NuTrimMe makes it easier.