LAYPERSON'S DIETARY DATA COLLECTION/ANALYSIS SYSTEM

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：密切合作 明尼苏达大学营养协调中心正在进行的工作， 中心（NCC），本项目的目标是设计（第一阶段）和 全面开发（在第二阶段）NCC食品和营养素的新用户界面 数据库。 现有的NCC Minnesota NDS软件设计用于 并由经过培训的访谈员解释其结果， 营养学家 拟议的系统将被设计为允许未经训练的 个人收集自己的饮食记录，并快速，轻松地 仔细检查自己食物消费的重要方面。 收集的数据 与这个新系统将反映相同的具体性水平， 与通过现有NDS软件收集的记录兼容。 因此 新的外行营养数据系统将提供：（1）一个 直观的用户界面，提供即时的营养分析， 关注监测或改变自己饮食的最终用户;以及（2）A 更便宜的数据收集机制，因为它将 不需要一个受过训练的采访者参加每一个记录。 这将 允许饮食研究以更低的成本收集更多的记录。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant'S Abstract): In close collaboration with ongoing work at the University of Minnesota Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC), the objective of this project is to design (in Phase I) and fully develop (in Phase II) a new user interface to NCC's food and nutrient databases. The existing NCC Minnesota NDS software is designed to be used by and to have its results interpreted by trained interviewers and nutritionists. The proposed system will be designed to allow untrained individuals to collect their own dietary records and to quickly and easily scrutinize important aspects of their own food consumption. Data collected with this new system will reflect the same level of specificity as, and be compatible with, records collected via the existing NDS software. Thus the new Layperson's Nutrition Data System (LNDS) will provide: (1) An intuitive user interface providing immediate nutrient analysis for end-users concerned with monitoring or modifying their own diets; and (2) A less expensive data collection mechanism for dietary studies since it will not require a trained interviewer to attend to each record. This will allow dietary studies to collect more records at lower cost.