Published in Nutrients journal, AIFS affiliated researchers Jules Larke, Jennifer Smilowitz, and Danielle Lemay wrote about developing a photo database to test computer vision algorithms. SNAPMe is a step in helping bring nutritional information to your fingertips via a photograph! Photo-based dietary assessment is becoming more feasible as artificial intelligence methods improve. However, the advancement of these methods for dietary assessment in research settings has been hindered by the lack of an appropriate dataset against which to benchmark algorithm performance. We conducted the Surveying Nutrient Assessment with Photographs of Meals (SNAPMe) study (ClinicalTrials ID: NCT05008653) to pair meal photographs with traditional food records. You can read more below at the link.

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