de Gooijer Femke J, Lasschuijt Marlou, Wit Renate F, Feskens Edith Jm, Brouwer-Brolsma Elske M, Camps Guido
Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
OnePlanet Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Curr Dev Nutr. 2023 Apr 26;7(6):100091. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100091. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Assessing dietary intake and eating behavior in children is challenging, owing to children's undeveloped food knowledge and perception of portion sizes. Additionally, caregivers cannot always provide complete surrogate information. Consequently, validated dietary behavior assessment methods for children are limited, but technological innovations offer opportunities for the development of new tools. One of the first steps in the developmental process of a newly developed pediatric dietary assessment tool includes an alignment of the needs and preferences of pediatric dieticians (PDs) as potential users.
To explore opinions of Dutch PDs about traditional dietary behavior assessment methods for children and potential technological innovations to replace or support traditional methods.
Ten PDs participated in semistructured interviews (total of 7.5 h) based on 2 theoretical frameworks, and data saturation was reached after the seventh interview. Interview transcripts were inductively coded in an iterative process, and overarching themes and domains were identified. Interview data were then used as input for an extensive online survey completed by 31 PDs who were not involved in the initial interview rounds.
PDs discussed their perspective on dietary behavior assessments in 4 domains: traditional methods, technological methods, future methods, and external influences on these methods. Generally, PDs felt that traditional methods supported them in reaching their desired goals. However, the time needed to obtain a comprehensive overview of dietary intake behavior and the reliability of conventional methods were mentioned as limitations. For future technologies, PDs mention and as opportunities.
PDs have a positive attitude toward the use of technology for dietary behavior assessments. Further development of assessment technologies should be tailored to the needs of children in different care situations and age categories to increase its usability among children, their caregivers, and dietician. 2023;xx:xx.
由于儿童的食物知识未发育成熟且对食物分量缺乏认知，评估儿童的饮食摄入量和饮食行为具有挑战性。此外，照顾者并不总能提供完整的替代信息。因此，经过验证的儿童饮食行为评估方法有限，但技术创新为新工具的开发提供了机会。新开发的儿科饮食评估工具在开发过程中的首要步骤之一，是使作为潜在用户的儿科营养师（PD）的需求和偏好保持一致。
探讨荷兰儿科营养师对儿童传统饮食行为评估方法以及替代或支持传统方法的潜在技术创新的看法。
10名儿科营养师基于2个理论框架参与了半结构化访谈（总计7.5小时），在第七次访谈后达到了数据饱和。访谈记录在一个迭代过程中进行归纳编码，并确定了总体主题和领域。然后，访谈数据被用作由31名未参与初始访谈轮次的儿科营养师完成的广泛在线调查的输入。
儿科营养师在4个领域讨论了他们对饮食行为评估的看法：传统方法、技术方法、未来方法以及这些方法的外部影响。总体而言，儿科营养师认为传统方法有助于他们实现预期目标。然而，获取饮食摄入行为全面概况所需的时间以及传统方法的可靠性被提及为局限性。对于未来技术，儿科营养师提到了[此处原文缺失相关内容]和[此处原文缺失相关内容]作为机会。
儿科营养师对使用技术进行饮食行为评估持积极态度。评估技术的进一步开发应根据不同护理情况和年龄组儿童的需求进行定制，以提高其在儿童、其照顾者和营养师中的可用性。2023年；xx:xx。
