Food Recognition and Nutritional Apps
It addresses the problem of low adoption of these apps by patients with diabetes, but is incremental as it reviews existing research without new findings.
The chapter assesses the current status of food recognition and nutritional apps for diabetes management, identifying factors that inhibit or facilitate their use, but does not report specific results or numbers.
Food recognition and nutritional apps are trending technologies that may revolutionise the way people with diabetes manage their diet. Such apps can monitor food intake as a digital diary and even employ artificial intelligence to assess the diet automatically. Although these apps offer a promising solution for managing diabetes, they are rarely used by patients. This chapter aims to provide an in-depth assessment of the current status of apps for food recognition and nutrition, to identify factors that may inhibit or facilitate their use, while it is accompanied by an outline of relevant research and development.