Technology Based Approaches to Dietary Intake Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

Measuring dietary intake can be time and resource intensive, and carry a high burden for both individuals and researchers. Technology may offer novel solutions to address these issues. The development and evaluation of novel technologies to assess dietary intake will aid researchers and policy makers to better elucidate how diet influences health, well-being, and development of chronic disease. To better quantify these relationships, methods addressing a range of scenarios, including surveillance, epidemiology, clinical use, and interventions are needed. These improved methods spanning the translational continuum will provide an evidence base for dietary recommendations for clinical and population use.

Developing technology-based methods now presents an opportunity to measure diet while potentially conserving time and costs, while considering issues such as user experience and reach. However sources of bias, measurement error and strategies for addressing these will require careful consideration. In addition, the end-user feedback is critical for informing the development of these approaches.

This Special Issue will include original research and scientific perspectives on the use of technology based approaches to assessing food and nutrient intake and dietary patterns, including image based methods, online tools and apps, use of hybrid or mixed methods and the user experience.

Prof. Dr. Clare Collins
Assoc. Prof. Deb Kerr
Prof. Dr. Helen Truby
Guest Editors

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