Development of a digital dietetic tool to estimate food intake of FODMAPs

• Grant number: 17/26220-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2018
• End date: June 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques
• Grantee: Esther Dantas da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas (FCA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Limeira , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Rationale: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder characterized by recurrent abdominal discomfort or pain and may cause changes in bowel habits. Nutritional management for the reduction of IBS symptoms includes restriction of some foods, especially the FODMAPs - fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. Objective: To develop a digital dietary assessment tool that will make it more practical to apply a short Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to estimate the intake of FODMAPs in IBS patients. Methods: A photographic album will be elaborated with the source food portions of FODMAPs present in the short QFA, contemplating standard portions and minimum problematic portions for the onset of IBS symptoms. The digital dietetic tool will be developed in partnership with a member of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of UNICAMP of the course of Production Engineering and a student of Scientific Initiation of graduation of the same course, which will contain the short QFA and the photographic album. Perspective: This dietary tool can improve the nutritional assessment of IBS patients, facilitating dietary counseling and nutritional follow-up. Researchers may benefit, allowing the evaluation of the consumption of FODMAPs in epidemiological and intervention studies.