Post-Surgery Nutrition Behavior Change Program
Summary
My company, NutriRecovery, is developing a behavior change-based nutrition program to help post-pancreatic surgery patients achieve better dietary adherence and recovery outcomes with evidence-based interventions grounded in the behavior change wheel framework.
Problem statement
Post-pancreatic surgery patients struggle with adhering to proper dietary guidelines which causes poor recovery outcomes and potential health complications.
Solution
A structured nutrition behavior change program that uses evidence-based psychological techniques to help post-pancreatic surgery patients develop and maintain proper dietary habits essential for recovery. The program combines personalized nutrition education, behavioral coaching, and systematic support tools to address the specific challenges patients face when adapting to post-surgery dietary requirements.
Growth metric
The key metric to focus on is patient dietary adherence rate (percentage of patients who maintain prescribed nutritional guidelines for at least 90 days post-surgery). To scale this metric to affect 1 million people, the company should partner with major hospital systems and surgical centers to integrate the BCW-based program into standard post-operative care protocols, and develop a digital platform that can be licensed to healthcare providers globally for remote monitoring and intervention delivery.