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Technology Interventions to Manage Food Intake: Where Are We Now?

Overview of attention for article published in Current Diabetes Reports, September 2017
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Title
Technology Interventions to Manage Food Intake: Where Are We Now?
Published in
Current Diabetes Reports, September 2017
DOI 10.1007/s11892-017-0937-5
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Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Luke Gemming

Abstract

This review describes the state-of-the-art for dietary assessment using smartphone apps and digital technology and provides an update on the efficacy of technology-mediated interventions for dietary change. Technology has progressed from apps requiring entry of foods consumed, to digital imaging to provide food intake data. However, these methods rely on patients being active in data collection. The automated estimation of the volume and composition of every meal consumed globally is years away. The use of text messaging, apps, social media, and combinations of these for interventions is growing and proving effective for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Effectiveness of text messaging for obesity management is improving and multicomponent interventions show promise. A stand-alone app is less likely to produce positive outcomes and social media is relatively unexplored. A concentrated effort will be needed to progress digital dietary assessment. Researcher-designed technology programs are producing positive outcomes for T2DM but further research is needed in the area of weight management.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 117 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 11%
Researcher 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 9 8%
Lecturer 6 5%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 42 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 16 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 11%
Computer Science 12 10%
Social Sciences 7 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 4%
Other 13 11%
Unknown 51 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2021.
All research outputs
#6,271,250
of 22,925,760 outputs
Outputs from Current Diabetes Reports
#302
of 1,004 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#100,704
of 319,068 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Diabetes Reports
#14
of 35 outputs
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