Accuracy of Nutrient Calculations Using the Consumer-Focused Online App MyFitnessPal: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital food registration via online platforms that are coupled to large food databases obviates the need for manual processing of dietary data. The reliability of such platforms depends on the quality of the associated food database.

Objective

In this study, we validate the database of MyFitnessPal versus the Belgian food composition database, Nubel.

Methods

After carefully given instructions, 50 participants used MyFitnessPal to each complete a 4-day dietary record 2 times (T1 and T2), with 1 month in between T1 and T2. Nutrient intake values were calculated either manually, using the food composition database Nubel, or automatically, using the database coupled to MyFitnessPal. First, nutrient values from T1 were used as a training set to develop an algor

SUBMITTER: Evenepoel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7641788 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature