FoodImage 3 Laboratory (FI3Lab)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Supply; Waste Management

Treatments: Other: Controlled Conditions

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06030700

PBRC 2023-045 B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Laboratory Study will be conducted at PBRC and will include participants (N=25) from a wide array of social and economic groups will be recruited and trained on the use of the FoodImage app. Participants use the app to measure food waste (including foods with inedible parts) created during a simulated meal preparation setting, a simulated meal consumption setting with plate waste, and a simulated cabinet and refrigerator clean-out of spoiled and out-of-date foods, where the number of items and the amounts of waste for each task is randomly assigned across participants and blinded from the research staff evaluating images and coding data. These participants will denote the normal discard destination (I.e., garbage, sink/disposal, feed to animal, compost) for each item as if the waste had occurred in their own home.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female, age 18-65 years
• Willing to be recontacted

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal or unable to use an iPhone for study related purposes.
• Not willing to adhere to study procedures and study visit timelines.
• PBRC employee
• Any condition or circumstance that in the judgement of the PI could interfere with study participation

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Laboratory

Description:

Simulated kitchen setting including purchase, prep, eating and cleanout

Treatment:

Other: Controlled Conditions