MySnapFoodLog: Culturally Sensitive Food Photo-Logging App for Dietary Biculturalism Studies

It is believed that immigrants to the U.S. have increased rates of chronic diseases due to their adoption of the Western diet. There is a need to better understand the dietary intake of these immigrants. Tracking food consumption can be easily done by using a food app, but there is currently no culturally-appropriate food tracking app that is relatively easy for participants and the research community to use. The MySnapFoodLog app was developed using the cross-platform Flutter framework to track users’ food consumption with the goal of using AI to recognize Filipino foods and determine if a meal is healthy or unhealthy. A pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of the app alpha release and the need for further data collection and training to improve the Filipino food recognition system.