The percentage of teenagers experiencing mental health disorders has risen significantly over the past decade. One in five children aged 13-18 in Australia has a mental health condition. Recent evidence suggests healthy eating and nutrition is an important factor for improving and preventing mental health problems. The risk of depression increases about 80% when you compare teens with the lowest-quality or western diet to those who eat a higher quality whole-food diet.

My motivation for addressing this issue comes from being surrounded by teenagers struggling with mental health problems. Articles and statistics on increasing teenage mental and physical health issues allowed me to identify this targeted need. From research, I discovered that eating an unprocessed mediterranean diet improves your everyday mood and concentration and reduces the risk of serious mental health diseases.

I approached my design by adapting the trend of food delivery kits to my specific target market. My solution is a home delivery meal kit that provides three days worth of ingredients to make healthy and simplistic recipes. This will include information on the benefits of healthy eating to allow the target market to be educated on how it improves mental and physical wellbeing.