Feasibility of Using an Artificial Intelligence-based Telephone Application for Dietary Assessment and Nudging to Improve the Quality of Food Choices of Female Adolescents in Vietnam: Evidence from a Randomized Pilot Study.

Journal: Current developments in nutrition
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adolescent nutrition has faced a policy neglect, partly owing to the gaps in dietary intake data for this age group. The Food Recognition Assistance and Nudging Insights (FRANI) is a smartphone application validated for dietary assessment and to influence users toward healthy food choices.

Authors

  • Bianca C Braga
    Friedman School of Nutrition Policy and Science, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States.
  • Phuong H Nguyen
    Nutrition, Health and Diet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Lan Mai Tran
    Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Nga Thu Hoang
    National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Boateng Bannerman
    Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
  • Frank Doyle
    College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.
  • Gloria Folson
    Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
  • Rohit Gangupantulu
    College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.
  • Naureen Karachiwalla
    Nutrition, Health and Diet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Bastien Kolt
    Nutrition, Health and Diet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Peter McCloskey
    College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.
  • Giordano Palloni
    Nutrition, Health and Diet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Trang Huyen Thi Tran
    Thai Nguyen University of Pharmacy and Medicine, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
  • Duong Thuy Thi Trơưng
    Thai Nguyen University of Pharmacy and Medicine, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
  • David Hughes
    College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States.
  • Aulo Gelli
    Nutrition, Health and Diet, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.

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