Evaluation of the eNutri automated personalised nutrition advice by users and nutrition professionals in the UK.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition apps have great potential to support people to improve their diets, but few apps give automated validated personalised nutrition advice. A web app capable of delivering automated personalised food-based nutrition advice (eNutri) was developed. The aims of this study were to i) evaluate and optimise the personalised nutrition report provided by the app and ii) compare the personalised food-based advice with nutrition professionals' standards to aid validation. A study with nutrition professionals (NP) compared the advice provided by the app against professional Registered Dietitians (RD) (n = 16) and Registered Nutritionists (RN) (n = 16) standards. Each NP received two pre-defined scenarios, comprising an individual's characteristics and dietary intake based on an analysis of a f

SUBMITTER: Fallaize R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447217 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature