Nutrition Informatics

Meeting the needs of US dietitians for food composition data

“…Despite the variety of dietary assessment applications currently on the market, not everyone has access to or uses the available technology to access food composition data (Connors and Simpson, 2004;Fox et al, 2001;Hoggle et al, 2006;Turner, et al, 2005). Although use of technology is not widespread, especially in healthcare (Aronson, 2007;Hoggle et al, 2006;McCaffree, 2001), it is on the increase.…”

“…Although use of technology is not widespread, especially in healthcare (Aronson, 2007;Hoggle et al, 2006;McCaffree, 2001), it is on the increase. For example, data for the 1999-2000 school year showed 46% of school districts used computerized nutrient analysis Table 1 Examples of specialized food composition applications a to develop menus for their lunch programs, up from 33% in -1998(Abraham et al, 2002.…”

“…The National Nutrient Databank Conference, a non-profit group dedicated to fostering communication among food composition database generators and users, convenes an annual meeting with published proceedings, and periodically prepares an International Nutrient Databank Directory (Braithwaite et al, 2006). As nutrition informatics emerges as a specialty within the ADA (Hoggle et al, 2006;Scollard, 2006), additional ways to assist RDs in keeping abreast of food composition data and their applications may develop.…”

“…Providing data in an electronic format is not a guarantee of accuracy (Hoggle et al, 2006), even the commonly used food exchange lists have limitations that need to be considered in dietetic practice (Wheeler, 2003). Although RDs could use food composition software to calculate a client's intake of multiple components over many days or plan institutional menus, it is unclear whether this is cost-effective or whether ''short methods,'' paper-based screening questionnaires, foodbased menu planning, and clinical judgment are adequate in some practice settings.…”

Criação de protocolo eletrônico para terapia nutricional enteral domiciliar

“…The emergent call for reducing calculation error in parenteral and enteral solutions, as well as the facility and prescription time reduction, have stimulated the development of several softwares able to improve the efficiency of nutritional therapy teams 4,15,24 .…”