Technology is altering not only how we communicate, but also how we eat. Use social media as an illustration. Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter users have turned sharing food photos into a global trend. Some influencers have even built entire businesses around exploiting this food trend on their feeds.

Foodies, social media, and awareness

Social media impact may be beneficial in many ways. For example, it is the ideal platform for the foodie movement and enables you to share your dining experiences with others.

On the one hand, it helps us improve our eating habits by increasing our awareness of what we're putting in our bodies. It is highlighting the 'social' component of dining, which is always a good thing. Additionally, it keeps us up to date on the latest culinary developments and the restaurants we ought to visit next.

A Nutritional Intervention Using Technology

According to the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data from 2017–2018, 7.7% of children and 17% of adolescents are obese. As a result, 1 in 4 kids are more likely to experience physical health problems, as well as higher mortality and sickness rates as adults.

Digital innovations including social media, health monitoring, education, social support, game-based learning, and others have demonstrated promising new ways to deliver effective nutrition interventions to adolescents and young adults.

Technology-based treatments are a particularly important strategy to support this age group and foster good habits that last into adulthood due to the high smartphone and social media use in this age group.

The Possibility of Negative Effects from Technology

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, food obsession, and loss of control eating are among the eating disorders that are more likely to develop when people engage in 'problematic internet usage' (PIU). PIU include factors like sedentary behavior brought on by excessive use of internet tools, as well as harmful social comparisons that can arise from exposure to and self-comparison with audio-visual content on Facebook and Instagram.

Given these possible drawbacks of technology use, it is important to promote good relationships with food and technology from early infancy and adolescence in order to prevent harmful behaviors in later life.

Technology's Role in Promoting Healthy Cooking

Although technology may be a necessary evil, there are more resources than ever before. Making better, healthier decisions is made easier for us thanks to new apps, enterprises, and start-ups.

Apps like Fooducate and Easy Diet Diary can do the grunt work for you in place of spending hours sifting through information online or manually entering dietary intake. These applications let you scan any food item to receive a breakdown of its contents and calories while eating it or while shopping. Even a list of healthier options may be available on some apps.

Using Smart Technology When Cooking

It goes without saying that cooking at home is one of the finest ways to eat healthy. How can you find the time, though, when our lives become busier by the hour?

Here 'smart' technology enters the picture. Cooking can be made easier and less time-consuming with the aid of cutting-edge technologies like intelligent slow cookers.

Similar to this, countertop ovens like the June Intelligent oven will send you an SMS when your dishes are perfectly cooked and even have a live video stream so you can watch your food being prepared. These technological advancements can make cooking at home more manageable.