Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Nutriplates informational dinnerware
Design firm Materious created Nutriplates, a series of eight dinner plates printed with various kinds of nutritional and health information. From the project description:
Link (via Sensory Impact)One of the most pernicious problems facing Americans now and into the future is adult and childhood obesity. While the war on obesity must be fought on many fronts, education of both parents and children is one important approach. These standard ceramic dinner plates are "decorated" with nutritional information including caloric content of hundreds of food items; average metabolic rates varying by age, gender, weight, and activity level; and typical caloric expenditure for numerous physical activities.
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One of the most pernicious problems facing Americans now and into the future is adult and childhood obesity. While the war on obesity must be fought on many fronts, education of both parents and children is one important approach. These standard ceramic dinner plates are "decorated" with nutritional information including caloric content of hundreds of food items; average metabolic rates varying by age, gender, weight, and activity level; and typical caloric expenditure for numerous physical activities.







