Inspiration
In a world where obesity and malnutrition co-exist, this chatbot is essential. The unique nature of this chatbot is that it also displays alternative sources of proteins for vegetarians. These days people are so busy working that they don't have time to check what they eat. As a result, many suffer from diseases such as diabetes, pneumonia, and sometimes even cancer. People look towards ease of access to food and don't realize that the fast foods they are eating are not healthy. Poor lifestyle choices affect a person's health severely and it all starts with food.
What it does
Just type in your age and gender, the chatbot would immediately come up with a diet plan. The chatbot can also calculate your BMI and your ideal weight. The unique nature of this chatbot is that it also displays alternative sources of proteins for vegetarians. The features of this bot are as follows: ● Unique diet plans based on the type of the desired diet, age, gender, ● An alternative source of proteins for vegetarians specified, ● Apart from a diet plan it also shows a way to follow it, ● Diet plans are flexible, ● Chatbot also comes with a BMI calculator and Ideal weight calculator, ● Gender-neutral diet plans and suggestions are available too.
How we built it
The bot was built with Bot Framework Composer as a base. Custom actions such as BMI calculation and Ideal Weight calculations were done using C# and JavaScript. Data on diet plans and protein sources were taken for various ages categorized under different genders. Diet plans were built in such a way that they include only Indian dishes.
Challenges we ran into
It was initially hard to use the Composer because it is relatively new and there were no clear tutorials. Parsing files and creating custom actions require a lot of time and the internet. I had to learn C#, PowerShell, and Azure for deploying this Bot.
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