P-FITS: The Pediatric Food Intake Technology System

饮食在儿童和青少年的身体、情感和一般健康方面起着不可或缺的作用。的 在这一关键时期，不良饮食的后果是长期的，营养状况是一个严重的问题。 在整个青春期和成年期慢性疾病的风险因素。目前的膳食评估工具 可用于大龄儿童自我给药的药物非常有限，特别是在美国人群中。 在临床、研究和社区环境中，对专门设计的 能够准确、可靠和有效地评估儿童日常饮食摄入量的工具， 青少年。技术进步允许常用的饮食评估工具， 自动化、视觉吸引力和基于Web的，便于通过计算机、平板电脑或智能手机进行管理。 它们还能够提供膳食摄入量的快速分析， 营养素/食物组摄入量的国家建议，饮食质量的措施，以及其他与健康有关的 评分，如食品加工水平。拟议的项目将解决尚未解决的需求， 技术先进的饮食评估工具，具体到美国儿科人群，通过创建 儿科食物摄入系统（P-FITS）。P-FITS将Viocare的VioScreen技术与移动的 有针对性的24小时食物组筛查，以估计美国8-13岁儿童的日常饮食摄入量。这 第二阶段的研究将开发和测试的技术能力，可用性，有效性和可靠性， P-FITS的全功能版本。

Diet plays an integral role in the physical, emotional, and general health of children and adolescents. The consequences of poor diet during this critical time period are long-lasting, with nutritional status being a strong risk factor for chronic conditions throughout adolescence and adulthood. Current dietary assessment tools available for self-administration in older children are extremely limited, particularly among U.S. populations. Across clinical, research, and community settings, there is an increasing demand for specifically designed instruments that can accurately, reliably, and efficiently assess usual dietary intakes of children and adolescents. Technological advancements allow for commonly used dietary assessment tools to be automated, visually-appealing, and web-based for easy administration by computer, tablet, or smartphone. They are also capable of providing quick analyses of dietary intakes, incorporating comparisons of nutrient/food group intakes to national recommendations, dietary quality measures, and other health-related scores, such as food processing level. The proposed project will address the outstanding need for a technologically advanced dietary assessment tool specific to the U.S. pediatric population by creating the Pediatric Food Intake System (P-FITS). P-FITS will integrate Viocare’s VioScreen technology with mobile targeted 24-hour food group screeners to estimate usual dietary intakes in U.S. children ages 8-13 years. This Phase II research study will develop and test the technical capabilities, usability, validity, and reliability of the fully functional version of P-FITS.