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。 慢性疾病的危险因素。目前的饮食评估工具可用于自我- 在年龄较大的儿童中，特别是在美国人群中，在临床上， 研究和社区环境，对专门设计的仪器的需求越来越大， 准确、可靠和有效地评估儿童和青少年的日常饮食摄入量。技术 进步允许常用的饮食评估工具自动化，视觉上吸引人， 基于Web，便于通过计算机、平板电脑或智能手机进行管理。他们也有能力提供 快速分析膳食摄入量，将营养素/食物组摄入量与国家 建议、饮食质量指标和其他健康相关评分，如食品加工水平。 拟议的项目将解决对技术先进的饮食评估工具的迫切需要 通过创建儿科食物摄入系统（P-FITS），针对美国儿科人群。P-FITS将 将Viocare VioScreen技术与目标营养素和/或食物组24小时召回相结合， 美国8-14岁儿童的日常饮食摄入量。第一阶段将开发P-FITS原型， 在儿科人群中进行饮食评估自我管理的可行性，随后在 第二阶段。

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 of chronic diseases throughout 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 targeted nutrient and/or food group 24-hour recalls to estimate usual dietary intakes in U.S. children ages 8-14 years. Phase I will develop a prototype of P-FITS to test feasibility for diet assessment self-administration within the pediatric population, followed by validation in Phase II.