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Project Overview | Project Code: MH 16 |
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| Project name: | "Resilient by Recipe - The Entrepreneur’s Diet”: Data Driven Analysis of Mental Health & Food Patterns |
| TUM Department: | MH - Sport and Health Sciences |
| TUM Chair / Institute: | Sport and Health Management |
| Research area: | entrepreneurship, psychology, sport & health |
| Student background: | Health SciencesManagement / EconomicsNutrition and Food SciencesPsychologySport Sciences |
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Planned project location: | Campus Olympic Parc |
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| Title: | Dr. |
| Given name: | Karina |
| Family name: | Konieczny |
| E-mail: | karina.konieczny@tum.de |
| Phone: | +49 (0)89 289 24641 |
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| Given name: | Daniela |
| Family name: | Moirano |
| E-mail: | daniela.moirano@tum.de |
| Phone: | +49 (0)89 289 24641 |
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Project Description | |
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| Project description: | We propose to conduct a data-driven, exploratory study of early-stage entrepreneurs (and optionally students as a comparison group) to investigate how food intake patterns correlate with burnout levels, decision fatigue, mood variability, and sleep quality. Participants will maintain a food diary (photo + macro tagging), report subjective mental health metrics (burnout, stress, focus, fatigue), and optionally collect biomarker proxies (HRV, sleep data via wearable). Using AI techniques (clustering, regression, interpretable machine learning), we will categorize nutritional profiles (e.g. processed vs unprocessed, macro distributions) and discover associations with mental health indicators. The project includes a pilot intervention phase delivering personalized dietary suggestions and measuring short-term effects. The goal is to deliver a prototype dashboard and insights that inform nutritional strategies to support mental resilience in high‑stress populations. |
| Working hours per week planned: | 35 |
Prerequisites | |
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Required study level minimum (at time of TUM PREP project start): | 2 years of bachelor studies completed |
| Subject related: | basic statistical knowledge |
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