The balanced nutrition test: an online dietary assessment tool adapted from the self check program for use in turkey
Novel technologies to assess dietary intake are designed to aid consumers in measuring their individual dietary intakes. Assessing their eating habits and nutritional status in this way can help researchers and policy makers to better elucidate how diet influences public health and well-being. As a novel tool, The Self Check Program is a scientifically based online questionnaire developed by the Institut f ür Ernaehrung und Praevention and Hohenheim University to assess nutritional status. It provides insight regarding individual's eating habits and unique requirements based on dietary consumption, food preferences and lifestyle characteristics such as smoking and physical activity status [1-3].
Source: Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Dr. Burcu Aksoy, Deniz Miray Arca, Prof. Halit Tanju Besler Source Type: research
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