P-FITS: The Pediatric Food Intake Technology System

饮食对儿童和青少年的身体、情感和总体健康起着不可或缺的作用。这个 在这一关键时期，不良饮食的后果是长期的，营养状况是强有力的 在整个青春期和成年期，慢性疾病的危险因素。当前的饮食评估工具 年龄较大的儿童可用于自我管理的药物极其有限，特别是在美国人口中。 在临床、研究和社区环境中，对专门设计的 能够准确、可靠、高效地评估儿童日常饮食摄入量的仪器 青少年。技术的进步使得常用的饮食评估工具 自动化、视觉美观、基于Web，便于通过计算机、平板电脑或智能手机进行管理。 他们还能够提供饮食摄入量的快速分析，包括比较 营养素/食品组摄入量符合国家建议、饮食质量标准和其他与健康相关的标准 分数，如食品加工水平。拟议的项目将满足对 针对美国儿科人群的技术先进的饮食评估工具，通过创建 儿科食物摄入系统(P-FITS)。P-Fits将把Viocare的VioScreen技术与移动设备相结合 有针对性的24小时食物组筛查人员，以估计美国8-13岁儿童的正常饮食摄入量。这 第二阶段研究将开发和测试技术能力、可用性、有效性和可靠性 全功能版本的P-Fits。

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.