标题:INCIDENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN ADULT INDIAN POPULATION REPORTED USING A WEB-BASED SERVICE PROVIDER WITH PICTORIAL PORTION SIZES OF INDIAN CUISINES
期刊名称:IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2347-4580
电子版ISSN:2321-8851
出版年度:2015
卷号:3
期号:8
页码:15-22
语种:English
出版社:IMPACT Journals
摘要:A comprehensive dietary assessment tool to capture data on a wide variety of food and nutrient intakes across different regions and ethnic groups is lacking in India. In order to measure the nutrient intake, an estimation of amount of food consumed is required. Underreporting and over reporting is often seen in dietary surveys. Conducting FFQ’s and 24- hr recalls in large sample dietary surveys is expensive and time consuming. In addition to this correct estimation of portion size presents a major problem. Everything depends on respondents memory and the interviewer’s imagination. Larger portions of food may contribute to excess of energy intake and greater obesity. Online self-administered dietary assessment tools can reduce the burden on both the interviewer and the respondents. Since a picture speaks a thousand words, a web-based service provider ‘Nutrispoon’ was developed to include pictorial portion size of 316 standardised recipes commonly consumed in Indian diet. The website was used to gather dietary intake of individuals using these pictorial portion sizes of standardised recipes. 24 hr recall method was employed to gather this data. The mean BMI of respondents was 23.01 ± 4.48 kg/m2, with significant difference (p