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| ==Types of data recorded by diet tracking tools== | | ==Types of data recorded by diet tracking tools== |
− | What exactly is recorded by the tools can depend on the exact tool used, but frequently recorded information includes: | + | What exactly is recorded by the tools can depend on the exact tool used, but recorded information includes: |
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| *calorie intake | | *calorie intake |
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| *micronutrients: iron, calcium, vitamin D, etc. | | *micronutrients: iron, calcium, vitamin D, etc. |
| *brands and manufacturers | | *brands and manufacturers |
− | *enjoyment, circumstances, environment surrounding eating
| + | *Degree of processing<ref>https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova</ref> |
− | * Degree of processing<ref>https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova</ref> | + | Potentially information that is not yet noticed in any app is price of food, what is available in fridge, enjoyment, circumstances, environment surrounding eating. |
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| ==Projects and results from these tools== | | ==Projects and results from these tools== |
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| Typically most tools are somewhat self-explanatory after installation. Beyond this, there are some tips and advice on how to consistently track diet: | | Typically most tools are somewhat self-explanatory after installation. Beyond this, there are some tips and advice on how to consistently track diet: |
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− | * Buying a kitchen scale can be useful to accurately track the amounts eaten, in particular if you cook yourself or eat at restaurants that don't have standard food quantities. | + | * Buying a kitchen scale can be useful to accurately track the amounts eaten, in particular if you cook yourself or eat at restaurants that don't have standard food quantities. Fractions of a package too. |
− | *Frequently, people engaging in diet tracking find that the manual labor of recording their diets becomes too onerous and quit after a few months. [[User:DG|DG]] suggests regularly repeating meals as this a) speeds up the speed of logging data as it will be a 'recently used meal' (e.g. as available in the tool [[Bitesnap]]) and b) also can help find patterns in the data. | + | *Frequently, people engaging in diet tracking find that the manual labor of recording their diets becomes too onerous and quit after a few months. [[User:DG|DG]] suggests regularly repeating meals as this a) speeds up the speed of logging data as it will be a 'recently used meal' (e.g. as available in the tool [[Bitesnap]]) and b) also can help find patterns in the data. Wildly inaccurate measurements are still better than nothing, especially for things like eliminating a food as a problem. |
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| == Table of common diet tracking tools== | | == Table of common diet tracking tools== |
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| * '''Quantity''': Allows changing food quantities | | * '''Quantity''': Allows changing food quantities |
| * '''Timestamp''': Gives a detailed timestamp on when food was eaten | | * '''Timestamp''': Gives a detailed timestamp on when food was eaten |
− | * '''Export''': Allows exporting data through a CSV/spreadsheet file | + | * '''Export''': Allows exporting data in the form of a file |
| * '''Notes''': Entries have a free-text field to give additional information (e.g. where it was eaten, whether tasty or not…) | | * '''Notes''': Entries have a free-text field to give additional information (e.g. where it was eaten, whether tasty or not…) |
| * '''Offline''': Does the app (mostly) work when not being online? | | * '''Offline''': Does the app (mostly) work when not being online? |
| * '''Price''': How much does the app or a subscription to it cost? | | * '''Price''': How much does the app or a subscription to it cost? |
| * '''Search''': Can one search by food name? | | * '''Search''': Can one search by food name? |
− | * '''Favorite/Recent''': Can one search by favorited/most recent food? | + | * '''Favorite/Recent''': In the menu to add food, is there the list of foods ordered by most likely? |
| * '''Barcode''': Can food be searched by scanning the barcode on it? | | * '''Barcode''': Can food be searched by scanning the barcode on it? |
| * '''Micronutrients''': Does the app include details on micronutrients? | | * '''Micronutrients''': Does the app include details on micronutrients? |
| * '''User-added food''': Does the app include user contributions to expand their food database? | | * '''User-added food''': Does the app include user contributions to expand their food database? |
| * '''Custom food''': Can you add your own food that's missing from the database? | | * '''Custom food''': Can you add your own food that's missing from the database? |
− | * '''Water''': | + | * '''Water''': Does it allow tracking water intake |
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| + | === Databases === |
| + | https://www.foodrepo.org/ Community-driven for barcoded food products. |
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| + | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ Open source collaborative originally from France. Derived scores for amount of processing and nutritional quality. |
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| + | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ US government. |
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| ===References=== | | ===References=== |