Here I made it so the hunger meter appears as golden apples and the armor meter is diamond chest plates. I wouldn't say this is "better" than the vanilla haunches and iron chest plates, but personally, I believe having each visible stat being represented by a different primary color makes it look much nicer.

You may use this however you like, but please credit me. The name is Breadward MacGluten!

(Also don't forget to take the zip file out of the rar file when downloading)