A Model of Socially Sustained Self-Tracking for Food and Diet

Studies of personal informatics systems primarily examine people's use or non-use, but people often leverage other technology towards their long-term behavior change processes such as social platforms. We explore how tracking technologies and platforms together help build healthy eating behaviors by interviewing 18 who Chinese food journaling apps. contribute a Model Socially Sustained Self-Tracking in informatics, building on the past model Personal Informatics learning components Social Cognitive Theory. The illustrates get advice from when to track, transfer data apply knowledge platforms, evolve after tracking, occasionally resume using tools. Observational enactive are central these processes, with helping gain deeper more reliable domain knowledge. discuss lapsing abandoning can be viewed evolving offering recommendations for better facilitate this evolution.