The Horse 2019/20

Nashi-Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta) also called Apple-Pear or Asian-Pear originate from the Rosaceae family (Rosengewächs) and was raised in China. Its name is japanese as "nashi" means pear (fun fact: We call it "pear-pear" 😄). In Japan there are 1'000 to 1'200 different sorts. They are mainly cultivated in East-Asia but in todays time also in Europe, South America and other parts of the world. This is because this species is able to abide temperatures up to minus 20 degrees celsius, therefore this plant also survives the cold swiss winters outside. The more sun and the less wind the better and profitable the harvest. The bountiful crop can be gathered in August/September. The nashi-pear consist more water than pears originated in Europe but the nutritional values are about the same. The trees don't have a gender, they are all hybrids and nontoxic. More...

We got the task, to take pictures of every meal we ate during one week and upload it on the food app called "KaBo Toolbox". Now, I want to share with you my experiences of this little project.

In my opinion the app was easy to use and in general it didn't took that long to fill in all the necessarily data. However, it was quite tedious sometimes to notice every time to take a picture before I can eat especially because I don't have 24/7 my cellphone with me. Unfortunately, I am sure that I also forgot to take pictures of some snacks etc. every now and then. 

I look forward to analyse and compare the collected data from all students.

I was very busy this week because I met a lot of friends and on the weekend, we made a little brunch. We invited over 20 people so there was a lot to do. Therefore it wasn’t easy for me to to make pictures and use the app all the time. All in one I tried my best but to be honest I forgot some things.

Normally I eat only lunch and dinner and it was already challenging for me to remember me twice a day. I think for people who eat a lot of snacks during the day it is really hard to forget nothing. I think the app is a good idea and interesting to analyze in the end but it takes a lot of time. I’m happy that we just have to do it one week.

Claudia Betschart, TZ 19

Hello Together

In the last week we took pictures of our dishes and meals at home or on travel.

In this post I want to highlight what are the diffuculties about this project are.

- To remember myself to take a photo of my dish before every meal wasn`t so easy. Beside them, you smartphone is not always at the same place like you. Sometimes i had to search me smartphone bevore eating the dish.
- You eat normaly two ore three times a day. So you have to take everywhere and always your smartphone with you.

I thought that the app was easy to operate it. If you collect your data`s for the dish (Ingrediants, Packaging), I was always very fast with the feed.

In conclusion I found it an interesting project to see what I exactly eat in one week.

Matthias Bänziger, TZ19

Hi everyone :)

I want to share my experience with the food app; KoBo Toolbox. We have to document what we eat the whole time and click what is in our food. 

I had to reminde myself everytime I ate something that I have to capture a picture of it and to uploade it. Also that I have to know what is in it.

My experience was that when it was during school or during work I always uploaded it. But at the weekend I forgott it. I dont know why exactlly, but I think is because of that my ''eating time'' is not regular. It was also difficult to know exactlly what is in my food or is it local or not. Or if it is seasonal or not. Now I do a little research and learn somthing about the food I eat and I think that is very good! :)

I have to improve myself during the weekend that I also uploade what I eat then. I have to set an reminder on my phone that would help.

Melisa Sylejmani, TZ19 Zurich

Hello together,

I would like to share my experience with you, which I made within a week with the KoBo Toolbox food app.
I think the app is very simple and doesn't have too many fields to fill out, which some might find annoying.
My biggest difficulty was to remember to take a picture before each meal and enter the data accordingly. Often I only thought about it after I had eaten. A reminder on my smartphone would have helped me.
I am looking forward to the results.

Raffael Hofmann TZ19

As homework we had to choose a meal and calculate how much energy is in it.

So I chose one of my favourite snacks: BlevitaMore...

The task was to think about possible ideas for a Project about our food consumption. We thought that the following ideas would be very interesting:

- Diffrences between the eating habits of the cultures (mealtimes)
- Who is eating the most fastfood and who is eating healthy?
- Which culture eats seasonal and organic?
- Is the most consumed Food either global or local?
- How much meat is consumed in one day?
- Which kind of meat is the most consumed?
- How many meals are vegetarian?

We are looking forward to the projects!

Loris, Tamara and Anja

Our task was to take a closer look at a daily meal and to calculate: kcal, kJ and kWh.

I was in Asia and tried Dumplings. 1 dumpling is around 100g and has:

521 kcal

2181 kJ

0.605923 kWh

Additionally, I had 1 Glass around 200ml of coca cola, the calories are mentioned below:

84 kcal

360 kJ

0.41868 kWh

It was very fascinating to see how much calories we eat during one day. Of course, it is hard to say how much calories the dumplings have, because they were hand made.

I made the calculations with the following link:

https://www.unitjuggler.com/energy-umwandeln-von-kcal-nach-kWh.html?val=360

Loris TZ19

For our homework we had the task to list what we ate and calculate the kj to kwh.

Because I know how hard it is to lose weight after gaining it (yes, eating is much funnier;) ), I listed up some meals within one day. To show others and specially myself, that everyone can reach his goals if one is willing to.

I invite you to take a look on my little chart here:

HW SSO 18.09.19.xlsx (14.04 kb)

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Our task was to calculate how much energy is in our food (kcal, kJ and kWh). I thought I would capture my brunch that I had on sunday. There are many different things so I thought this would be interesting.

What did I eat?

Egg - Tomato - Chillie - Sauce 120 kcal, 502 kJ, 0.1395 kWh

Hummus, 82kcal, 343 kJ, 0.09536 kWh, 

Olives, 71 kcal,301 kJ, 0.08257 kWh 

Tomato -cucumber -feta Salad, 75 kcal, 314 kJ, 0.087225 kWh

fruit salad, 26 kcal, 108 kJ, 0.03023 kWh

organic greek yogurt, 65 kcal, 272 kJ, 0.07559 kWh

whole grain bread, 52 kcal, 217 kJ, 0.060476 kWh

In total the food had 491 kcal, 2055 kJ, 0.571033 kWh

The food was very delicious and healthy, everything was homemade! If you want to eat good and fresh breakfast / brunch I would recommend the café bebek in Zurich. The food is mostly organic and local. Here the link so you can get a little taste http://bebek.ch/entry/ .

If you are interestet in power food here is a good article where you can see which food gives you a lot of energy.

https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/g2071/best-foods-for-energy/

Here is the calculator that I used:

https://www.unitjuggler.com/energy-umwandeln-von-kcal-nach-kWh.html?val=120