My Kana

A healthy life starts with healthy eating habits. My Kana helps you practice healthy eating. Using My Kana you can get nutritional information about local foods, record what you eat, and identify whether your meals are balanced and healthy. While tracking calories is important, it’s also important to eat the right portions of the different groups of food. That is why My Kana compares your food intake against the "healthy plate" requirements, as recommended by National Food and Nutrition Centre, Fiji. There is also a weight and waist-size tracker to help you see the effects of your eating habits. My Kana currently supports English and Tongan languages. The My Meals and Nutrition tracker have been translated into Tongan. The food database also has food names in Tongans and there are some Tongan recipes to get you started. My Kana also has a Home Gardening component to help you grow your own healthy food at home. Whether you want to start a backyard garden or start small with container gardening, My Kana has you covered. Get planting steps and guides on organic gardening methods so that you can grow vegetables that are chemical-free and safe for you. My Kana is designed and developed in Fiji, so the app caters for specific needs of Fijians and other South Pacific islanders. My Kana comes with a comprehensive list of foods available in Fiji, sourcing its food database from the Pacific Islands Food Composition Table and AUSNUT 2011–13 Food Nutrient Database. All features of My Kana is available for free and can be used without the need for an Internet connection. This app is the result of the collaborative work between The University of the South Pacific (USP) and National Food and Nutrition Centre (NFNC), Fiji. App development is done by the USP Team and guided by nutritional experts from the NFNC Team. The Home gardening component was funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) through the Pacific Agrihack challenge. In 2022, the FAO provided funding and support for translating the My Meals component into the Tongan language.