The New Era of Nutrition Consultation: Design and Implementation of Web-Based Nutrition Consultation

ackground/Aims: The number of internets user in Indonesia has increased rapidly from 88.1 million users in 2014 to the current number of 132.7 million or about 51.5% of the total population of Indonesia. Based on the need to update the conventional method of nutrition consultation, this study was aimed to determine the feasibility, usefulness, ease of use, and customer satisfaction of online nutrition consultation. Methods: The research used a combination of experimental and survey. It was conducted at the Software Engineering Laboratory, Information Technology Department, State Polytechnic of Jember. Results of the web consultations were accessed through the website (www.ahligizi.id) developed, where there were five categories of service to choose from: question archives, nutritionists, nutrition articles, and a calculator. Results: All parts of the main menu of the website could run well without obstacles. The online nutrition consultation could overcome problems in nutrition consultations that often happened when they were conducted conventionally. Conclusions: With nutrition consultation, nutritionists could improve their active role in supporting healthy lifestyle and prevention of diseases in the community.