Co-PI's: Jennifer Coates and Beatrice Rogers
The International Dietary Data Expansion (INDDEX) Project, implemented by the Tufts University Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is designed to tackle the critical issues of high cost, inaccessibility, low quality, and under-use of dietary data that have long impaired effective food, nutrition, and agricultural policy and programming in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We have developed the INDDEX24 Dietary Assessment Platform as part of a global architecture for dietary data assessment, which includes innovative technologies, leveraging existing data, strengthening institutions, and demonstrating the policy relevance of improved food consumption data.
The INDDEX24 Dietary Assessment Platform for food and nutrition research provides unified access to the essential tools researchers in low- and middle-income countries need in order to assemble and access dietary reference data, conduct timely and effective quantitative food consumption surveys, and analyze results. We do this by integrating dietary reference data management and reporting tools with an easy-to-use, mobile, quantitative 24-hour dietary survey tool. The Platform consists of:
- The INDDEX24 Mobile App - an efficient, effective, and flexible solution for conducting accurate quantitative 24-hour dietary recall surveys in low- and middle-income countries that lead to timely, actionable results.
- The Global Food Matters Database - a global repository of national and regional dietary reference databases including individual foods, recipes, detailed nutrient information, and conversion factors. Over time, this database will grow to house key dietary reference data from around the world that will allow users to seamlessly begin dietary recall surveys using the INDDEX24 Mobile App with less time required to launch the survey.
To learn more about our project and our tools, please visit at https://inddex.nutrition.tufts.edu/ or contact us at [email protected].