Health Score? Eco Score? What does this all mean? Don't worry; this article will help you understand the scoring system behind Eater Meter. Essentially, the scoring system is a way to gauge your eating habits based on the food logs that you would submit. The scores are scaled between 0-100 where the higher the score, the better. In summary:

• 1) Health Score (in red): How close your diet aligns with the Australian Dietary Guidelines (scaled 0-100);
• 2) Eco Score (in green): The approximate carbon footprint of your food (scaled 0-100); and
• 3) Eater Meter (in blue): The average between the Health Score and Eco Score, giving an overall account for how healthy and environmentally friendly your food log is (scaled 0-100). 

Below is an image from your Dashboard, where you can find your scores

Image 1: Eatter Meters scoring system found on your Dashboard and Food Diary pages.

Note: Clicking the "Overall" switch will show you accumulative scores of all your food logs. 

You will see a score after you submit a food log for the day. As you can see in the image above, my score for my health and eco meter is below 50. Being scored between 0-100 with the higher score being better, my score is just below average with 45.98 (in blue). You can see there is lots of room for improvement.  Eater Meter provides many articles in our Blog to improve your score in either the Health or Eco domains. If you are trying to improve your scores, feel free to read the many articles discussing health and the environment. Even if you are not subscribed, you will still be able to learn a few things.

Like anything you want to manage in your life, the best way to manage something is to measure it. When you measure something over some time, you can see how it changes. This is the basic premise behind Eater Meter and the Scoring System. We believe that we can help you and your diet to be healthier and more environmentally friendly over time with this system. We can help you transform into a conscious consumer who can gauge your next meal or shopping list for its health and environmental footprint on the fly. You can make better food choices for your health and for the planet! Become the person your health and the world needs.  If you would like to read more about Eater Meter or possibly subscribe, click here!