MySnapFoodLog: Culturally Sensitive Food Photo-Logging App for Dietary Biculturalism Studies

摘要

It is believed that immigrants to the U.S. have increased rates of chronic diseases due to their adoption of the Western diet. There is a need to better understand the dietary intake of these immigrants. Tracking food consumption can be easily done by using a food app, but there is currently no culturally-appropriate food tracking app that is relatively easy for participants and the research community to use. The MySnapFoodLog app was developed using the cross-platform Flutter framework to track users' food consumption with the goal of using AI to recognize Filipino foods and determine if a meal is healthy or unhealthy. A pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of the app alpha release and the need for further data collection and training to improve the Filipino food recognition system.