Feasibility of food recognition and calorie estimation of fast food and healthy meals available in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Dy, K., Ligan, J., Cabatuan, M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Convenience foods—Caloric content; Food—Caloric content; Computer vision; Neural networks (Computer science); Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Electrical and Electronics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1895
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper presents the design and development of a food recognition smartphone application which can also display the estimated calorie/s of the food itself. It is intended for people who would like to monitor their diet through food calorie intake measurement (i.e. user's daily calorie intake...