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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Proc Meas Behav 2016 (2016). 2016 May;2016:72–81.

Table 3.

Food items before and after food verification in Study 2.

Counts %
Total food items 140 100

Total of food items before food verification 118 84.3
Total of food items added from food verification 22 15.7

Before meal pictures available (numbers of food items)

Yes 114 81.4
No 26 18.6

After meal pictures available (numbers of food items)

Yes 94 67.1
No 46 32.9

Identification of foods (numbers of food items)

Foods accurately identified by dietitians 71 50.7
Blurry pictures 6 4.3
Dietitians not able to identify 33 23.6
More ingredient details needed for sandwich or mixed dish 14 10.0
More details needed for drink based on color 7 5.0
Not identified correctly (as determined by child interview) 9 6.4

Adequate placement of foods in the images (numbers of food items)

Correct placement to obtain image 85 60.7
Not correct placement 47 33.6
Images not available 7 5.0

Identification of portion size (numbers of food items)

Visual 124 88.6
Wire Mesh 16 11.4

Omission

Picture is available but was not recalled by child 1 0.7

Meals recorded for the day (numbers of children)

Complete meals (three meals + snacks) 5 50
Meals missing dinner pictures 4 40
Meals missing lunch & dinner pictures 1 10