Overcoming dietary assessment challenges in low-income countries: Technological solutions proposed by the international dietary data expansion (INDDEX) project

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Coates, Jennifer C ^a   Colaiezzi, Brooke A ^a   Bell, Winnie ^a   Charrondiere, U Ruth ^b   Leclercq, Catherine ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated assessment; Developing countries; Dietary intake; Food composition; Individual level dietary assessment; Innovation; Low income countries; Technology

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INVESTMENT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MOBILE APPLICATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SCALE UP; SCIENTIST; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIET; FACTUAL DATABASE; NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85015741690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9030289     Document Type: Article

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