A Mobile Phone Based Method to Assess Energy and Food Intake in Young Children: A Validation Study against the Doubly Labelled Water Method and 24 h Dietary Recalls

A Mobile Phone Based Method to Assess Energy and Food Intake in Young Children: A Validation Study against the Doubly Labelled Water Method and 24 h Dietary Recalls

Mobile phones are becoming important instruments for assessing diet and energy intake. We developed the Tool for Energy Balance in Children (TECH), which uses a mobile phone to assess energy and food intake in pre-school children. The aims of this study were: (a) to compare energy intake (EI) using...

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Main Authors: Christine Delisle Nyström, Elisabet Forsum, Hanna Henriksson, Ylva Trolle-Lagerros, Christel Larsson, Ralph Maddison, Toomas Timpka, Marie Löf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
mobile phones
energy intake
food intake
total energy expenditure
child
DLW
24 h dietary recall
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/8/1/50

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