With the current internet era, people have been searching online for health and nutrition information. Hence, the public need access to accurate and appropriate diet and nutrition information, which could help improve one's nutrition situation. Recognizing the role of ICT as an important tool to guarantee provision of quality and timely service to its clients, the use of ICT becomes inevitable to FNRI. Thus, the study aimed to develop, pre-test and implement the Philippine-based online site of nutrition information, database and services called iFNRI. The study involved website development, pre-testing and implementation. Diffusion of innovation theory and descriptive statistics like frequencies and percentages were used to analyze data. Pre-testing utilized online questionnaire accomplished by 87 respondents, soliciting information on visual appeal, content, navigation and overall impression. iFNRI website was developed with six components: iAssess, iServe, iPromote, iBusiness, iLearn and iAdmin where each has specific ICT projects. Based on pre-testing, users found the site accessible (87.4%), useful (89.7%), with an average (71.3%) downloading capability. Users suggested additional information and user-friendly language. Since its launch in 2016, the site had 980,207 hits as of August 2018. The website is on the early adopter stage. The website can be further promoted to increase nutrition consciousness among users.
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