Development and Feasibility of Tablet-based 24-hour Recall for Dietary Intake and Recipe Collection Among Adults and Children in Tanzania (P10-018-19)

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objectives

In many regions of the world, little is known about food consumption, meal structures, meal patterns, and nutrient intake. Collection of these data using quantitative dietary intake is expensive and labor intensive. Thus, many programmatic and routine surveillance studies resort to simplified indicators to measure dietary quality. Based on a previous study conducted by Caswell et al. on tablet-based data collection of 24-hour dietary recall (24hr-DR), we have developed and adapted a mobile tool collecting 24hr-DR among adults and children in Tanzania.

Methods

Using the Tanzanian food composition table (FCT), the 24hr-DR was developed on an Android platform in Open Data Kit. The module provides food groups, food lists, meal list, ingredient list, quanti

SUBMITTER: Ambikapathi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6576243 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature