SBIR/STTR Research Award
BAR-CODED DIET ANALYSIS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Nutrition Scientific
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND TEST BAR-CODED PICTORIAL BOOKLETS FOR THROUGH-THE-MAIL USE IN SURVEYS OF FOOD INTAKE. BOOKLETS WILL ILLUSTRATE 400 FOOD ITEMS AND BE USED TO OBTAIN 24-HOUR DIET RECALL DATA. THE PROJECTED LONG-RANGE USE OF BOOKLETS WILL BE TO IDENTIFY GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH EXCESSIVE TOTAL FAT, CHOLESTEROL, AND SATURATED FAT INTAKE IN ORDER TO REFER THEM FOR COUNSELING. BIAS AND ACCURACY OF BOOKLETS WILL BE TESTED BY 50 VOLUNTEERS WHO RECORD STANDARD FOOD MODELS IN DUPLICATE. BIAS AND ACCURACY OF BOOKLETS WILL BE COMPARED IN DUPLICATE WITH THE STANDARDIZED NHLBI-LRC 24-HOUR RECALL INTERVIEW WITH 100 ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS.
Technology keywords
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