Functionalities and input methods for recording food intake: A systematic review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 653-664

  Rusin, Miroslav ^a   Årsand, Eirik ^b,c   Hartvigsen, Gunnar ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILINA   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disease management; Food diary; Food intake; Food recording; Mobile application; Self management; Web application

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF MANAGEMENT; WEB APPLICATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DISEASES; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SEARCH ENGINES; TOOLS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

NUTRITION;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOOD DIARY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD RECORDING; MOBILE APPLICATION; SELF-MANAGEMENT; WEB APPLICATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RECORDS; EATING; HUMANS; OBESITY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 84880037223     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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