The "Smart Dining Table": Automatic Behavioral Tracking of a Meal with a Multi-Touch-Computer.

ABSTRACT: Studying how humans eat in the context of a meal is important to understanding basic mechanisms of food intake regulation and can help develop new interventions for the promotion of healthy eating and prevention of obesity and eating disorders. While there are a number of methodologies available for behavioral evaluation of a meal, there is a need for new tools that can simplify data collection through automatic and online analysis. Also, there are currently no methods that leverage technology to add a dimension of interactivity to the meal table. In this study, we examined the feasibility of a new technology for automatic detection and classification of bites during a laboratory meal. We used a SUR40 multi-touch tabletop computer, powered by an infrared camera behind the screen. Tags were

SUBMITTER: Manton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4749696 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature