Foods Diary Mobile Application for Diabetics

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease because the body cannot effectively use the insulin from pancreas that can leads to serious damage to many of the body's system, especially nerves and blood vessels. World Health Organization (WHO) stated in 2014, 8.5% of adults aged 18 years above had diabetes. A mobile application that could help people with diabetes, such as food database, blood sugar levels and reports, is needed. Today, the number of usage and develop of mobile application is getting bigger, and the use of mobile phone/ smartphone users around the world is increasing every year, there are around 2.53 billion users in 2018. “Diabefood” is the result of the study using android operating system application that can be used for diabetics to record their daily food consumptions to help them measure the blood sugar level and consumptions of insulin by unit daily and provide them the data using graphics daily, weekly, or monthly. The study also aims to help diabetics for the surveillance and control of their disease to increase their life quality and life expectancy.