Using Interactive Technology to Promote Healthier Eating in Restaurants

利用互动技术促进餐厅健康饮食

• 批准号: 8455929
• 负责人: ESTHER P HILL
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: HEALTHY DINING INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-30 至 2014-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8455929
• 关键词: Using; Interactive; Technology; Promote; Healthier

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity and other diet-related risk factors are consistently linked to dining at restaurants and fast-food eateries. This SBIR proposal provides a new and potentially powerful strategy to positively influence healthier ordering behavior when dining out at restaurants. The long-term goal of this proposal is to reduce the nutrition-related health risks associated with eating away from home, including low fruit and vegetable intake and high saturated fat, total fat, sodium and calorie intake. The aim of this project (Phases I and II)is to develop a commercially viable technology platform that will enable restaurants to provide their guests, at the time of ordering, with 1) accurate nutrition information, 2) a selection of dietitia-approved menu choices that meet qualifying nutrition criteria, 3) additional recommendations to reduce the levels of calories, fat and sodium in a majority of standard menu items and 4) personalized recommendations based on restaurant guests' health and nutrition goals. It is hypothesized that ordering behavior can be influenced at the point of sale (in the moment of decision-making) by employing an innovative new technology: an iPad like 'Smart menu' that identifies and promotes dietitian- approved Healthy Dining menu choices through an enticing and easy-to-use platform. All menu items are available for ordering through the Smart menu. Featured sections, however, will include items currently listed on HealthyDiningFinder.com, an eHealth tool funded through CDC's SBIR program. All of the Healthy Dining approved menu options meet nutrition criteria developed by Healthy Dining's team of registered-dietitians, in conjunction with the recommendations of the USDA and other leading health organizations. During Phase I, Healthy Dining will collaborate with Usable Health (developer of the Smart menu system) to will conduct formative research to measure the quantitative differences in consumer selection (ordering behavior) of the Healthy Dining choices while using the Smart menu versus traditional ordering scenarios. We will be implementing the Smart menus featuring the Healthy Dining choices and corresponding nutrition information at three quick-serve restaurant chains (three locations each for a total of nine locations). This project builds on four other SBIRs awarded to Healthy Dining by NCI and CDC.

描述(申请人提供)：肥胖和其他与饮食有关的危险因素一直与在餐馆和快餐店就餐有关。这项SBIR建议提供了一个新的、潜在的强大战略，以积极影响在餐馆外出就餐时更健康的点餐行为。这项提议的长期目标是减少与外出就餐相关的营养相关健康风险，包括水果和蔬菜摄入量低，饱和脂肪、总脂肪、钠和卡路里摄入量高。该项目(第一阶段和第二阶段)的目标是开发一个商业上可行的技术平台，使餐厅能够在点餐时为客人提供1)准确的营养信息，2)符合合格营养标准的营养学批准的菜单选择，3)减少大多数标准菜单项目中的卡路里、脂肪和钠水平的额外建议，以及4)基于餐厅客人的健康和营养目标的个性化建议。据推测，订餐行为可以在销售点(决策时刻)通过采用一项创新的新技术来影响：一种类似iPad的“智能菜单”，通过一个诱人且易于使用的平台来识别和推广营养师批准的健康饮食菜单选项。所有菜单项均可通过智能菜单订购。然而，特色部分将包括HealhyDiningFinder.com上目前列出的项目，HealhyDiningFinder.com是一个由CDC的SBIR计划资助的电子健康工具。所有经批准的健康餐饮菜单选项都符合健康餐饮注册营养师团队结合美国农业部和其他领先健康组织的建议制定的营养标准。在第一阶段，健康餐饮将与Usable Health(智能菜单系统的开发商)合作进行形成性研究，以衡量使用智能菜单与传统点餐场景时消费者对健康餐饮选择(点餐行为)的量化差异。我们将在三家快餐连锁店(三家分店，共九家分店)实施智能菜单，提供健康饮食选择和相应的营养信息。这个项目建立在四个基础上 其他由NCI和CDC授予健康饮食的SBIR。