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. 2018 Sep 7;6(9):e175. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.9953

Table 2.

Energy, protein, and liquid consumption recorded in MyFood compared to the photograph method. The data are presented as a total of the breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals, and separately for each meal.

Energy, protein and liquid Mean Median (25-75 percentile) P value
Energy



Day 1




Breakfast (n=28)

.73a



MyFood 471 398 (244-616)



Photograph method 458 373 (222-373)


Lunch (n=27)

.04a



MyFood 408 389 (262-494)



Photograph method 382 308 (201-308)


Dinner (n=27)

.58a



MyFood 476 468 (210-711)



Photograph method 461 477 (226-575)


Total (n=32)

.11a



MyFood 1157 1039 (556-1541)



Photograph method 1102 951 (446-1495)

Day 2




Breakfast (n=29)

.74a



MyFood 400 374 (223-527)



Photograph method 407 367 (175-630)


Lunch (n=20)

.02a



MyFood 454 501 (258-608)



Photograph method 394 418 (245-514)


Dinner (n=20)

.01a



MyFood 489 413 (134-820)



Photograph method 425 368 (105-696)


Total (n=29)

.009a



MyFood 1050 928 (380-1876)



Photograph method 972 957 (308-1720)
Protein (g)



Day 1




Breakfast (n=28)

.02



MyFood 16.2 13.5 (6.4-23.5)



Photograph method 18.2 14.3 (6.9-27.7)


Lunch (n=27)

.001



MyFood 13.0 10.0 (8.0-18.0)



Photograph method 14.6 13.1 (7.8-20.2)


Dinner (n=27)

.22



MyFood 15.2 14.5 (3.0-20.5)



Photograph method 16.8 14.3 (6.1-22.8)


Total (n=32)

.046



MyFood 38.0 35.0 (17.4-45.6)



Photograph method 42.2 38.4 (14.0-62.1)

Day 2




Breakfast (n=29)

<.001



MyFood 14.1 11.0 (5.0-19.8)



Photograph method 16.1 15.8 (5.7-22.0)


Lunch (n=20)

.31



MyFood 14.2 13.3 (5.9-20.3)



Photograph method 12.9 11.5 (7.8-16.7)


Dinner (n=20)

.97



MyFood 17.6 15.3 (5.3-30.4)



Photograph method 17.6 16.5 (3.9-28.7)


Total (n=29)

.15



MyFood 36.1 28.0 (8.5-61.5)



Photograph method 37.1 34.6 (9.1-61.4)
Liquid (ml)



Day 1




Breakfast (n=28)

.02



MyFood 292 272 (158-412)



Photograph method 339 320 (202-466)


Lunch (n=27)

.72



MyFood 287 256 (194-409)



Photograph method 285 257 (159-374)


Dinner (n=27)

.33



MyFood 336 304 (189-304)



Photograph method 332 326 (222-445)


Total (n=32)

.71



MyFood 781 696 (479-1047)



Photograph method 808 643 (461-1227)

Day 2




Breakfast (n=29)

.97



MyFood 301 287 (169-429)



Photograph method 303 312 (162-435)


Lunch (n=20)

.87



MyFood 275 251 (142-405)



Photograph method 260 256 (154-345)


Dinner (n=20)

.06



MyFood 311 269 (84-540)



Photograph method 273 245 (58-487)


Total (n=29)

.11



MyFood 706 587 (313-1077)



Photograph method 670 559 (318-1029)

aDifferences between MyFood and the photograph method for the breakfast, lunch and dinner meal. The totals of these meals are tested with Wilcoxon Signed Rank test separately for each recording day.