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Felicity J Pendergast¹, Rebecca M Leech¹, Sarah A McNaughton¹

¹Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125 Australia.

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Summary

Technology-based dietary assessment tools can capture real-time eating occasions. However, current methods struggle to fully assess the context of eating patterns, despite good validity for overall intake.

Keywords:

Dietary assessment Eating occasion Food diary Food record Systematic review Technology

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Area of Science:

Nutrition science
Dietary assessment technology

Background:

Technology-based dietary assessment enables real-time data collection.
Previous evaluations have not focused on assessing eating pattern constructs.

Purpose of the Study:

To review electronic and mobile food diary methods.
To evaluate their capacity for assessing eating pattern constructs like patterning, format, and context.

Main Methods:

Systematic search of electronic databases.
Identification and analysis of 18 dietary assessment methods.

Main Results:

Multiple methods exist with varying capabilities.
Few methods assess all eating pattern constructs, especially context.
Validity for overall dietary intake is comparable to traditional methods.

Conclusions:

Available methods effectively assess eating occasion patterning and content.
Assessing the context of eating occasions remains a challenge.
Future dietary assessment method development needs to prioritize eating pattern constructs.