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ArticleNutrients2017

Validation of a Tablet Application for Assessing Dietary Intakes Compared with the Measured Food Intake/Food Waste Method in Military Personnel Consuming Field Rations.

Mavra Ahmed, Iva Mandic, Wendy Lou, Len Goodman, Ira Jacobs, Mary R L'Abbé

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Article in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mavra AhmedDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2, Canada. mavz.ahmed@mail.utoronto.ca.
Iva MandicFaculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2W6, Canada. iva.mandic@mail.utoronto.ca.
Wendy LouDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M2, Canada. wendy.lou@utoronto.ca.
Len GoodmanDefence Research and Development Canada-Toronto Research Centre, Toronto, ON M3K 2C9, Canada. len.goodman@drdc-rddc.gc.ca.
Ira JacobsFaculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2W6, Canada. ira.jacobs@utoronto.ca.
Mary R L'AbbéDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2, Canada. mary.labbe@utoronto.ca.
University of Toronto · CADefence Research and Development Canada · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The collection of accurate dietary intakes using traditional dietary assessment methods (e.g., food records) from military personnel is challenging due to the demanding physiological and psychological conditions of training or operations. In addition, these methods are burdensome, time consuming, and prone to measurement errors. Adopting smart-phone/tablet technology could overcome some of these barriers. The objective was to assess the validity of a tablet app, modified to contain detailed nutritional composition data, in comparison to a measured food intake/waste method. A sample of Canadian Armed Forces personnel, randomized to either a tablet app (

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Identifiers

PMID28264428
PMCPMC5372863
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Registered trials

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