For Behavior Design for Health Starfishing Associate Food with Wellness

1. Associate each piece of food you eat with your well being
(TARGET BEHAVIOR)

2. one
• Get a text message/phone notification asking
“What is your body made of today?”
• Recall the things you’ve eaten and think about
what they become in your body.
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being

3. two
• Eat a meal
• Clean
• When you’re cleaning & tossing stuff, think
about what the meal will do to your body
• If you need to recycle, think “What will waste
do to the environment & what will my meal
do to my body?”
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being

4. three
• Get a notepad and make it your daily food journal
• Write “How do I feel today from yesterday’s
eats?” on the front
• Stick it to your fridge
• When you head to your fridge for your morning
juice, write all the things you ate the day before
• Ask how do I feel today from yesterday’s eats?
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being

5. four
• Put a post-it in your wallet/ on your credit
card that says “Save on your insurance”
• See the note every time you buy food
• Reflect on whether each food purchase would
make healthcare insurance harder to deal to
with.
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being

6. five
• Put a reminder on your toothpaste bottle that
says “Why is your mouth so dirty?”
• See the reminder when you add toothpaste to
your brush
• Brush your teeth in front of your mirror
• Recall what you ate to make your mouth dirty
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being

7. six
• Create a photo album titled “me & my eats”
• At every sweet looking meal, snap a “selfie”
that also captures your food
• Add to the album, and check out the glory of
you and your food, together
• Think about how the food contributed to your
good looks
• Associate each piece of food you eat with your
well being