FOODIE: A Food Intake Monitoring Tool for Analysis of Eating Behaviour

A crucial aspect in performing research on eating behaviour or diagnosing eating disorders is the availability of tools to monitor food intake. Current systems use questionnaires or pictures, but these systems are often subjective. Furthermore, they lack the detailed analysis of the food components or the eating behaviour in the course of meal time. Hence, there is a need for an objective tool which can monitor and analyse food intake. Starting from an own prototype of a smart plate, further research and development is needed in order to obtain a reliable tool which can be upscaled and used in a clinical setting. This project aims (i) to further design and develop the electronics of the smart plate; (ii) to accurately extract and profile the eating behaviour during a meal from the raw signals and context information; (iii) to perform a thorough validation deliver confidence to interested stakeholders for using this tool for research, analysis and diagnosis.

Keywords:Smart Wearables, Eating disorders, eHealth, Biomedical Engineering

Disciplines:Health informatics, Public health nutrition