Development of beverage nutritional assessment application; sugar, fat and sodium for diabetes mellitus
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https://doi.org/10.55674/cs.v17i3.262068Keywords:
computer application, beverage nutritional assessment, diabetes mellitusAbstract
The purpose of this research was to the development of beverage nutritional value assessment application for diabetes mellitus risk group. The nutritional information was collected for 422 popular beverages in the THAT-Tambon Municipality, Chiang Khan District, Loei Province. This included 392 items from convenience stores with Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labels that an overview of the nutritional content as the percentage of energy and key nutrients like energy, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt/sodium as a percentage of what an average person should consume in a day, and 30 from local cafes, with nutritional content determined by food and nutrition experts through ingredient analysis. The beverages were categorized into 11 groups, including milk and dairy drinks, juices, carbonated drinks, grain-based drinks, coffee, tea, herbal drinks, and others (e.g., Oleang, Plum Lemon, Jelly Shake). The average sugar content was approximately 15.6g per serving, indicating high-moderate sugar levels that require cautious consumption. The application comprises three modules: (1) an administrator module for managing beverage and user data, (2) a general user module for searching beverages, viewing nutritional information, assessing dietary intake, and planning daily consumption, and (3) a member module with additional features for saving and retrieving personal beverage records. The application was developed using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and connected to the relational database using MySQL. Research tools included questionnaires and nutritional analysis based on standard methods. A preliminary evaluation by five software experts showed high effectiveness ( = 3.84, S.D. = 0.15), and user satisfaction from a group of 14 target users was also high ( = 4.10, S.D. = 0.37). The application is expected to support health awareness and help reduce the risk of diabetes by promoting informed beverage choices.
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- Assess drink nutrition values.
- Plan daily beverage intake.
- Designed for diabetics.
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