Dedicated to providing accessible dietary information to people who have a language barrier between their family or community.
Learn to read nutrition facts labels, how to read ingredient lists, and understand common sugar substitutes. Provided accessibility by offering numerous language options translated by proficient or native speakers. The information provided is backed by health professionals.
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LEARN BY:
1. Clicking on the options to the right.
2. Clicking on the "Learn" tab.
What's Diauge?
Diauge (dee-oj) is dedicated to providing accessible dietary information to people who have a language barrier between their family or community. Our website will showcase how to read a nutrition facts label, how to read ingredient lists, and identify common sugar ingredients. We provided accessibility by offering numerous language options translated by proficient or native speakers. Moreover, we want viewers to trust our work, so we partnered with health professionals who helped us along the way.
Our name’s background: “Di” comes from “diabetes,” and “auge” comes from “language” (rearranged for aesthetics). The full name is Diauge, and it is pronounced as dee-oj.
Thank you for your support and for sharing our website with your community!
Background
Hello! My name is Vanessa Li, and I’m the founder of Diauge. I started this project after an attempt to teach my diabetic grandpa what the nutrition facts represented on the back of a cereal box. With my lack of Taishanese (a Chinese dialect), I couldn’t properly say what I wanted. Later that night, I decided to start Diauge, researching and designing a website with the desire to bring knowledge to those who have a language barrier.
This website was made possible by Kasra Beheshti, Technical Director of Diauge, and Aakarsh Pasi, Web Developer of Diauge. The health professionals and translators were additionally a big part in bringing this vision to reality.
