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| Grant Number: | 1R43HL070513-01 |
| PI Name: | WEISS, RICK |
| PI Email: | rick_weiss@compuserve.com |
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| Project Title: | Nutrient & Portion Education Tool for Weight Management |
Abstract: DESCRIPTION (Scanned from the Applicant's Abstract): This proposal is for a Phase I feasibility study to develop and test Internet Nutritional Education Scale System (iNESSy) for weight management. iNESSy is a computer-assisted system that promotes a healthier life style by training subjects to control their eating and monitor their weight. When completed iNESSy will facilitate weight management by maximizing adherence to a dietary plan through portion control education, increasing the likelihood and frequency of self-monitoring, and maximizing accessibility to support. Innovations of this system are: (1) using a scale to train clients to recognize appropriate food portion sizes; (2) providing immediate feedback on caloric intake by analyzing composition of a client's estimated food records; (3) monitoring changes in weight and body fatness using a bathroom scale equipped with bioelectrical impedance analysis technology; (4) tracking physical activity and comparing to behavioral goals; and (5) improving professional counseling by organizing patient clinical data (intake, weight and activity) on a server, that is updated through the Internet and accessible by the counselor. A pilot version of iNESSy will be developed during Phase I. The major tasks during this development are to determine the optimal design, develop overall system specifications, construct a prototype and evaluate the design using focus groups.
Thesaurus Terms:
Internet, educational resource design /development, nutrient intake activity, nutrition education, weight control
caloric dietary content, computer assisted instruction, computer program /software, data collection, dietary control, education evaluation /planning, food, interactive multimedia, portable biomedical equipment
clinical research, human subject
| Institution: | PRINCETON MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORP |
| 90 SHADYBROOK LN | |
| PRINCETON, NJ 08540 | |
| Fiscal Year: | 2002 |
| Department: | |
| Project Start: | 10-JUN-2002 |
| Project End: | 09-DEC-2003 |
| ICD: | NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE |
| IRG: | ZRG1 |