FoodImage 3 Laboratory (FI3Lab)

Multiscale RECIPES (Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations With Partnership and Education Synergies) for Sustainable Food Systems (FoodImage 3; FI3) Laboratory

The Laboratory Study will be conducted at PBRC and will include participants (N=25) from a wide array of social and economic groups will be recruited and trained on the use of the FoodImage app. Participants use the app to measure food waste (including foods with inedible parts) created during a simulated meal preparation setting, a simulated meal consumption setting with plate waste, and a simulated cabinet and refrigerator clean-out of spoiled and out-of-date foods, where the number of items and the amounts of waste for each task is randomly assigned across participants and blinded from the research staff evaluating images and coding data. These participants will denote the normal discard destination (I.e., garbage, sink/disposal, feed to animal, compost) for each item as if the waste had occurred in their own home.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Food Supply; Waste Management
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Controlled Conditions

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 25

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
      • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy Volunteers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female, age 18-65 years
• Willing to be recontacted

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal or unable to use an iPhone for study related purposes.
• Not willing to adhere to study procedures and study visit timelines.
• PBRC employee
• Any condition or circumstance that in the judgement of the PI could interfere with study participation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Laboratory; Simulated kitchen setting including purchase, prep, eating and cleanout	Other: Controlled Conditions; Use of FoodImage app to take pictures of food and/or receipts.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Weight of Food Waste	Weight (g)	At Baseline Laboratory Study Visit

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Collaborators: Martin, Corby, K., M.D.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: John W Apolzan, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 10, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 6, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): February 6, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 2023-045 B

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: Data may be requested. The PI will be notified. The proposed research question must be included. All IPD that underlie results in a publication after a DTA with the institution may be provided.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No