I need someone to take the database here
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
you can download here
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=17478
It contains foods/calories/nutritional information
I need you to add it to the wordpress plugin found here :
http://www.afex2win.com/2007/01/17/the-hackers-diet-a-wordpress-weight-loss-plugin/
MY PROJECT:
The plugin above helps keep track of weightloss by having the user enter their weight every day, then forms trends and tells users when they will hit their goal.
The PROBLEM:
The plugin ASSUMES the calories burned and eaten everyday based static information, which is NOT accurate.
The SOLUTION:
What I want you to do is add to the plugin by adding options for the user to input calorie eaten and calories burned so the formula is more accurate.
Step 1 – Determine the calories eaten:
So, example, if you look at the current plugin it shows the last 7 days and you can click on them to add the weight for that day, i also wand it to show them an option to add food for that day and then it will take the calories from the food they select (all this info is in the database above) and use the calorie count in the equation instead of the info that is currently there. For the interface i would like a jquery column drag and drop so they can search food and then it will show up in column A and then you can drag-n-drop the food to column B.
Step 2 – Determine the Calories Burned –
As i said above it also assumes the current calories burned every day and I would like an area for the user to enter the activity for the day and i want jquery slider to select the activity for the day.
Example –
Running:
<–0min——10min—[]—-20min—–30min–>
in this case the user used the jquery slider and selected 15 min for running which is 200 calories, so then that would add 200 calories burned running to the list for that days activeity, then it would total the days activity and include that information in the formula for the current plugin.
For this section there will be multiple sliders to determine the days activity, i have all variables.
Step 3 – the user will need to select height, weight, sex, and age which will determine how many calories they should be burning a day and how much exercise effects them. I have the calculations for all of this from open source weightloss calculators online.
Step 4 – Currently the site uses some graphing program, i don’t think the graph’s graphics look good, i want you to replace with google graphs or any graphing system you know looks good, or maybe the current graphing system has different styles to make it look better, i don’t know if it has this feature.
I have described EVERYTHING in this job posting, there will be no hidden additions and job will be exactly as described in this posting.
I will have screen shots of interface for the programmer i choose, I want to keep project as simple as possible for now and expand upon it later.