Evaluation of New Computerized Method for Recording 7-Day Food Intake in IDDM Patients

Abstract

The Food-meter represents a useful tool for computerizing the 7-day food record. The method is easy, reliable, and time saving. Moreover, it minimizes the risk of transcriptional errors.

A review of randomized controlled trials comparing the effectiveness of hand held computers with paper methods for data collection

“…There were a total of 201 potentially relevant studies identified by the search strategy. After a review of the titles and abstracts 141 articles were retrieved of which 9 met the inclusion criterion for review in this study [ 32 - 40 ]. Table 1 provides a summary of the information extracted from each of the eligible RCTs included in this review.…”

Efficacy and safety of acarbose in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus: a placebo‐controlled,double‐blind, multicentre study

“…This was used to evaluate compliance to the recommended diet. A computer program was employed to calculate the patient’s diet composition, as recorded in the food diary, on the basis of food composition tables[16]. In addition, patients recorded their home blood glucose monitoring results and hypoglycaemic episodes.…”

Need for Technological Innovation in Dietary Assessment

“…The Nutrition Evaluation Scale System (NESSy) further simplified records by combining a food bar code reader (with a bar coded food identification catalogue) with an electronic balance and a computer that had a built-in modem to transmit data by telephone (26). The “food-meter” combined a bar code reader with a booklet of bar codes representing 187 different food items, and type of meal, and amount eaten (27). …”