Validation of a Smartphone Application for the Assessment of Dietary Compliance in an Intermittent Fasting Trial.

ABSTRACT: Accurate dietary analysis of energy, nutrient intake, and meal timing in human studies using traditional dietary assessment methods (e.g., food records) is challenging and time-consuming. The widespread use of smartphones, tablets, and nutrition applications (apps) can overcome some of these problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of an FDDB smartphone app and food database compared with PRODI^®-a professional platform for nutritional counselling using the German Nutrient Database. Dietary records were collected from 10 subjects participating in the crossover intermittent fasting trial for 2 weeks at baseline and during the eating timeframe of 8 h (early or late in the course of the day). The FDDB app and database enabled a quicker and less sophisticate

SUBMITTER: Baum Martinez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9506329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature