Are you aged between 18-30 years and own a smartphone?

Want to be a part of a novel study on food and eating at Deakin University?

This project will use a Smartphone app to assess meal patterns and will help us understand young adult's meal patterns.

Our aim is to recruit young Victorian adult's (aged 18 - 30 years) in 2016 into this exciting study which will provide new information in the area of meal patterns.

Meals and meal patterns appear to be important as they may influence overall health status and disease risk, however we know little about how people consume meals during the day or how foods are consumed together.

All participants will be compensated with a $25 shopping voucher upon completion of the study.

Participants

Participation in this project will involve:

1.We will ask you to complete an online survey that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. The questionnaire asks things like "how often you help with food preparation and clean up", "which cooking techniques you are confident using", "which foods you are confident cooking", nutrition knowledge, as well as questions about your neighbourhood.

2.Keeping a diary of all the food and drinks you consume over four days using a smartphone "App" that we will provide to you. You will also be asked to answer a series of questions for each eating/drinking occasion. We will ask you to keep the diary over four days, including one weekend day.

For more information, please visit our website or contact: meals@deakin.edu.au

http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/cpan/our-research/projects/meals-study