A new Monash University project will help to capture food consumption data with an aim to inform and enhance public health and nutrition policy in Malaysia.
Intake24 is an open-source online tool used for recording dietary intake information. The system was originally developed in the UK for Food Standards Scotland by human-computer interaction expert Professor Patrick Olivier and nutrition researcher Dr Emma Foster from Monash University.
Traditional ways of dietary data collection for research relies on pen and paper based methods followed by interviewer-led surveys. These methods are resource intensive in terms of time, costs and burden on the participants.
Professor Olivier, Director of Monash University’s Action Lab, said Intake24 is a technology-based alternative to capture food consumption data from participants. The web-based dietary recall tool includes a comprehensive food list which is linked to food composition data and food portion size images.
The entire recording process takes around 20 minutes to complete, and the nutritional composition of the participant’s food consumption can be
