sources de recommandation

The SwitchUp App It inventories your daily nutritional intake and identifies your eating habits. It offers you lower-calorie alternatives, provides dietary guidance, and encourages you to engage in regular physical and sports activities to reach your weight goals.

Our method consists of reconciling an individual's eating habits with nutritional balance to ensure good health and cover caloric, macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral needs.

The SwitchUp application is not a medical device and cannot be used to treat any illness. For any health concerns, please always consult a healthcare professional for appropriate advice and specific treatment.

Sources of recommendations

IMC:

https://www.has-sante.fr/upload/docs/application/pdf/2011-10/annexe_1_table_dindice_de_masse_corporelle.pdf

https://www.ameli.fr/assure/sante/themes/surpoids-obesite-adulte/calcul-imc-bilan-medical

https://www.who.int/fr/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight

Caloric intake and dietary balance:

For sustainable weight loss, we recommend the smallest decrease in your daily caloric intake to allow you to reach your weight goal without frustration or unnecessary restriction.

https://www.passeportsante.net/perdre-du-poids-g160/fiche.aspx?doc=combien-calories-perdre

On the other hand, we encourage you to maintain a good balanced diet by following the DRIs (Dietary Reference Intakes):

Download link

Document to download ANSES

Example: For an intake of 2000 kcal, we recommend a calorie target of 1700 kcal, respecting the following dietary balance:

Protein: 11% to 20% of total calorie intake
Fat: 35% to 40% of total calorie intake
Carbohydrates: 40% to 55% of total calorie intake
Simple sugars: 10 % max of total calorie intake

https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/les-proteines

https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/sucres-dans-l-alimentation

Physical activity

https://www.mangerbouger.fr/l-essentiel/les-recommandations-sur-l-alimentation-l-activite-physique-et-la-sedentarite/augmenter/augmenter-l-activite-physique

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/prevention-en-sante/preserver-sa-sante/article/activite-physique-et-sante

https://www.who.int/fr/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity

Food

To determine the nutritional composition of foods, SwitchUp refers to the Ciqual 2020 composition table, the reference database managed by Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety).

https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/table-de-composition-nutritionnelle-des-aliments-ciqual/

https://ciqual.anses.fr/

https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/les-références-nutritionnelles-en-vitamines-et-minéraux

For fruits and vegetables:

https://www.aprifel.com/fr/

Reference database in the United States:

https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/