title: New technology in dietary assessment: a review of digital methods in improving food record accuracy.
abstract: Methods for conducting dietary assessment in the United States date back to the early twentieth century. Methods of assessment encompassed dietary records, written and spoken dietary recalls, FFQ using pencil and paper and more recently computer and internet applications. Emerging innovations involve camera and mobile telephone technology to capture food and meal images. This paper describes six projects sponsored by the United States National Institutes of Health that use digital methods to improve food records and two mobile phone applications using crowdsourcing. The techniques under development show promise for improving accuracy of food records.
authors: Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Iowa, 1700 First Avenue Suite 17, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Phyllis-stumbo@uiowa.edu
authors: Phyllis J
authors: PJ
authors: Stumbo
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D063045:Crowdsourcing; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010781:Photography; D013672:Technology; D014481:United States