Passive Dietary Intake Assessment Study (PDIAS)
Development of a Passive Dietary Monitoring System to Estimate an Individual's Dietary Intake in Households in Low and Middle-income Countries
Currently, there is no accurate measurement of dietary intake. All current methodologies of assessing dietary intake have inaccuracy rates of 30 -70%. Accurate assessment of dietary intake is critical in understanding individual and population nutritional status and monitoring the effectiveness of public health interventions to maintain nutritional health. Estimating dietary intake in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is remarkably challenging, albeit the high presence of malnutrition and the critical need for evidence-based data to inform policies and programmes on nutrition and health.
This study aims to develop and validate a low-cost and robust system for accurate measurement of an individual's dietary intake in households in LMICs. This innovative system passively recognises food, records intake, and estimates nutrient content of food. The system will be validated in field trials in Ghana and Kenya.
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This protocol describes the process of developing and validating a passive dietary monitoring system for the assessment of an individual's dietary intake in households in Ghana and Kenya.
The first phase of the study involves preliminary testing of identified dietary monitoring camera/video devices in a lab setting at Imperial College London under conditions similar to those anticipated in Ghana and Kenya. These conditions may include low lighting, unique foods common to certain regions, communal eating (where more than one person eats from a shared plate of cooked food) and placement of the devices on the body. This is important to guide the design of a suitable passive dietary monitoring system.
The second phase of the study involves an in-depth understanding of household set-up, composition and eating behaviour and testing the feasibility and acceptability of using passive dietary monitoring devices/system in communities in Ghana and Kenya. The data gathered in this phase of the study will inform the choice of the passive dietary monitoring system and configuration to use in the field validation study.
Finally, in the validation phase of the study, the passive dietary monitoring system developed will be set up to record food intake and estimate nutrient content of food across 88 households in Ghana and Kenya. In addition, 24h dietary recall (a commonly used method of collecting dietary intake data in population studies) and weighed food records will be used to estimate food intake in the households. The dietary intake data obtained through the passive monitoring system will be compared to 24h dietary recall and weighed food record data to validate its accuracy.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Gary Frost, PhD
- Phone Number: 02083838037
- Email: g.frost@imperial.ac.uk
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Modou L Jobarteh, PhD
- Phone Number: 02083838037
- Email: m.jobarteh@imperial.ac.uk
Study Locations
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London, United Kingdom, W120NN
- Recruiting
- Imperial College London
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Contact:
- Garry Frost, Prof
- Phone Number: 004420 7594 0959
- Email: g.frost@imperial.ac.uk
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Household comprising of both parents (mother and father) and at least a child/children under 5 years of age and/or an adolescent child
- Members of the household eat the same prepared meal
- Willingness to use a camera/video recording device to capture household food preparation and consumption.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Households not meeting the above inclusion criteria will not be recruited
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Households
Household here means a family unit comprising of at least both parents (mother and father) and a child under 5 years of age or an adolescent child.
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Passive dietary monitoring devices will be used to monitor dietary intake in household in communities in Ghana and Kenya
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Dietary Intake Measures
Time Frame: 18 months
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This involves the use of camera/video imaging to estimate food volume/quantity, portion size (amount of ingested food) and nutrient content of food (macro and micronutrient content of food)
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18 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Gary Frost, PhD, Imperial College London
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 18IC4780
- OPP1171395 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
IPD Sharing Time Frame
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
- SAP
- ICF
- CSR
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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