Reliability and accuracy of real-time visualization techniques for measuring school cafeteria tray waste: Validating the quarter-waste method

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 470-474

  Hanks, Andrew S ^a   Wansink, Brian ^a   Just, David R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital photography; Plate waste; School lunch; Visual estimation; Weighing waste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLATE WASTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL MEAL; VEGETABLE; VISUAL ESTIMATION; WASTE; WEIGHING WASTE;

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PLATE WASTE; SCHOOL LUNCH; VISUAL ESTIMATION; WEIGHING WASTE;

CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; GARBAGE; HUMANS; LUNCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84894056126     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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