Use of technology in children's dietary assessment

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 63; no. Suppl 1; pp. S50 - S57
• Main Authors: Boushey, C.J, Kerr, D.A, Wright, J, Lutes, K.D, Ebert, D.S, Delp, E.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: accuracy; Adolescent; adolescent nutrition; Adolescents; Asian People; Body weight; Cameras; Cell phones; Cellular telephones; Child; child nutrition; Children; chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Clinical Nutrition; Computer Peripherals; Data Collection; Data Collection - instrumentation; Data Collection - methods; Diet; Diet - psychology; Diet Records; Diet Surveys; Dietary intake; digital images; Digital imaging; disease prevention; eating habits; Electronic devices; electronic identification; Epidemiology; Female; Focus Groups; Focus Groups - methods; Food; Food and nutrition; Food cans; food choices; Food consumption; Food intake; food records; Humans; Image analysis; Image processing; Imaging systems; Information processing; instrumentation; Internal Medicine; Male; measurement; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; methods; Mobile computing; nutrient intake; Nutrients; Nutrition; nutrition assessment; nutrition information; Obesity in adolescence; original-article; Overweight; Personal digital assistants; Photography; Pilot Projects; portion size; Prevention; Product/Service Evaluations; psychology; Public Health; Research methodology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Technology; Technology utilization; Teenagers; Youth; United Kingdom; food records; digital images; dietary assessment

Background: Information on dietary intake provides some of the most valuable insights for mounting intervention programmes for the prevention of chronic diseases. With the growing concern about adolescent overweight, the need to accurately measure diet becomes imperative. Assessment among adolescent...