Fengqing Zhu|Marc Bosch|Insoo Woo|SungYe Kim|Carol J. Boushey|David Ebert|Edward J. Delp
The Use of Mobile Devices in Aiding Dietary Assessment and Evaluation
Purdue University West Lafayette
growing concern chronic diseases health problems related diet including obesity cancer need accurately measure diet foods person consumes becomes imperative dietary intake provides valuable insights mounting intervention programs prevention chronic diseases measuring accurate dietary intake considered open research problem nutrition health fields paper describe novel mobile telephone food record provide accurate account daily food nutrient intake approach includes use image analysis tools identification quantification food consumed meal images obtained foods eaten used estimate amount type food consumed mobile device provides unique vehicle collecting dietary information reduces burden respondents obtained using classical approaches dietary assessment describe approach image analysis includes segmentation food items features used identify foods method automatic portion estimation overall system architecture collecting food intake information