TABLE 4.
Scale-based, wearables, and handheld spectrometers: assessment criteria for use in LICs1
| Developer, year cited (reference) | Name of device | Literacy and numeracy not required | Battery life >8 h | Able to work offline | Collects sufficient information to quantify macro- and micronutrients | Evidence of use and feasibility in LICs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale-based | ||||||
| Michael Grothaus Limited, 2015 (149) | SITU Scale | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Smart Diet Scale, 2014 (150) | Smart Diet Scale | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Wearable | ||||||
| HealBe Corporation, 2015 (151) | GoBe by HealBe | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Jawbone, 2015 (152) | UP by Jawbone | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Bite Technologies, n.d. (153) | Bite Counter | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Fontana et al., 2014 (154) | Automatic Ingestion Monitor | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Fontana et al., 2015 (155) | Counts of Chews & Swallows | Y | U/Kn | N | N | N |
| Handheld spectrometer | ||||||
| Consumer Physics Inc., 2015 (156) | SCiO | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| TellSpec Inc., 2015 (157) | TellSpec | Y | U/Kn | N | N | N |
1
LIC, low-income country; N, does not meet the criterion; U/Kn, rating is unknown (i.e., not clear based on publicly available information); Y, meets the criterion.