ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2012
Novel technologies for assessing dietary intake: evaluating the usability of a mobile telephone food record among adults and adolescents.
Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02457234 (Examining the Influence of Cultural Immersion on Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Children in Guam), which is not on this map. Cited by 93 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Examining the Influence of Cultural Immersion on Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Children in Guam: the Traditions Study
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Completion Rates of Food Frequency Questionnaires and Food Records in People with Chronic Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Validation Studies Performed on Dietary Record Apps.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- An umbrella review of the evidence associating diet and cancer risk at 11 anatomical sites.Nature communications · 2021Pooled it
- Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity using mobile and wireless technologies: a systematic review.Pediatric obesity · 2015Pooled it
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- Validity and Usability of a Smartphone Image-Based Dietary Assessment App Compared to 3-Day Food Diaries in Assessing Dietary Intake Among Canadian Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
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- BMI is Associated with the Willingness to Record Diet with a Mobile Food Record among Adults Participating in Dietary Interventions.Nutrients · 2017Trial
- Video chat technology to remotely quantify dietary, supplement and medication adherence in clinical trials.The British journal of nutrition · 2016Trial
- Validation of an inexpensive and accurate mathematical method to measure long-term changes in free-living energy intake.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2015Trial
- A Novel Dietary Assessment Method to Measure a Healthy and Sustainable Diet Using the Mobile Food Record: Protocol and Methodology.Nutrients · 2015Trial
- Validity of electronic diet recording nutrient estimates compared to dietitian analysis of diet records: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
- Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- Misreporting of energy intake estimated by food records among adolescents in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Digital and Technology-Enabled Approaches in Dietary Assessment: Addressing Bias, Error, and Feasibility in Population- and Community-Based Research.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the Accuracy, Usability, and User Perspectives of the Ecological Momentary Dietary Assessment App Traqq Among Dutch Adolescents: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Advancements in Using AI for Dietary Assessment Based on Food Images: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- A Food Intake Estimation System Using an Artificial Intelligence-Based Model for Estimating Leftover Hospital Liquid Food in Clinical Environments: Development and Validation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Dietary Patterns of Healthy Underweight Individuals Compared to Normal-BMI Individuals Using Photographic Food Diaries.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe development of a mobile telephone food record has the potential to ameliorate much of the burden associated with current methods of dietary assessment. When using the mobile telephone food record, respondents capture an image of their foods and beverages before and after eating. Methods of image analysis and volume estimation allow for automatic identification and volume estimation of foods. To obtain a suitable image, all foods and beverages and a fiducial marker must be included in the image.
objectiveTo evaluate a defined set of skills among adolescents and adults when using the mobile telephone food record to capture images and to compare the perceptions and preferences between adults and adolescents regarding their use of the mobile telephone food record.
methodsWe recruited 135 volunteers (78 adolescents, 57 adults) to use the mobile telephone food record for one or two meals under controlled conditions. Volunteers received instruction for using the mobile telephone food record prior to their first meal, captured images of foods and beverages before and after eating, and participated in a feedback session. We used chi-square for comparisons of the set of skills, preferences, and perceptions between the adults and adolescents, and McNemar test for comparisons within the adolescents and adults.
resultsAdults were more likely than adolescents to include all foods and beverages in the before and after images, but both age groups had difficulty including the entire fiducial marker. Compared with adolescents, significantly more adults had to capture more than one image before (38% vs 58%, P = .03) and after (25% vs 50%, P = .008) meal session 1 to obtain a suitable image. Despite being less efficient when using the mobile telephone food record, adults were more likely than adolescents to perceive remembering to capture images as easy (P < .001).
conclusionsA majority of both age groups were able to follow the defined set of skills; however, adults were less efficient when using the mobile telephone food record. Additional interactive training will likely be necessary for all users to provide extra practice in capturing images before entering a free-living situation. These results will inform age-specific development of the mobile telephone food record that may translate to a more accurate method of dietary assessment.
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