Development and validation of a mobile phone application developed for measuring dietary fiber intake
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

We have developed a mobile phone application for measuring the intake of dietary fiber and validated the ability of the application to accurately capture this intake against measurements registered by a dietary record. We also investigated what food groups contributed most to the total, soluble, and insoluble dietary fiber intake. Twenty-six randomly selected Swedish women aged 35–85 years were included and randomized to either start to register dietary intake in the application or by a dietary record, during three consecutive days. After a washout period of at least two weeks, the participants used the other method. We found that the difference in measured mean fiber intake between the dietary record and the application was two grams independent of the total intake per day. A statistically significant correlation between fiber intake as measured by the two methods was found (rho = 0.65, p < 0.001). Vegetables and roots were the predominantly contributing foods to total and soluble fiber intake. Bread and crackers contributed most to insoluble fiber intake. In conclusion, the application may be considered as a useful and easy-to-use method to measure dietary fiber intake.

Dietary record

Dietary fiber

Validation

Nutrition

Mobile phone application

Författare

Rebecca Ahlin

Göteborgs universitet

Ida Sigvardsson

Göteborgs universitet

Viktor Skokic

Göteborgs universitet

Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska universitetssjukhuset

Rikard Landberg

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Gunnar Steineck

Göteborgs universitet

M. Hedelin

Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset

Göteborgs universitet

Nutrients

2072-6643 (ISSN) 20726643 (eISSN)

Vol. 13 7 2133

Ämneskategorier

Livsmedelsvetenskap

Klinisk vetenskap

Näringslära

DOI

10.3390/nu13072133

PubMed

34206639

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2021-06-29